Erigeron annuus

(L.) Pers.

Annual fleabane, Daisy fleabane

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Erigeron annuus
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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Stem

Young plants can be eaten boiled.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant. It grows in disturbed sites throughout Canada. In China it grows from sea level to 1,100 m above sea level.

Asia, Canada, China, Korea, Europe, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mediterranean, North America*, Slovenia, Tibet, USA,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bahamas, Bhutan, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Mexico, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, El Salvador, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Ukraine, United States, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A herb. It grows 30 cm to 1.5 m tall. The stems are erect and hairy. The lower leaves are oblong and in rings. The leaves are hairy and have teeth. They are 10 cm long. The flower heads have about 80 tightly packed white flowers. These have yellow diskes around them.

How to Grow

Propagation: Sow seed in spring in situ. Germination usually occurs within four weeks.

Medicinal Uses

None known.

Other Uses

None known.

Wikipedia

Source ↗

Erigeron annuus (formerly Aster annuus), the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane, or eastern daisy fleabane, is a species of herbaceous flowering plant, annual or biennial, in the family Asteraceae.

Notes

There are about 200 Erigeron species.

Names & Synonyms

Enoletna suholetnica, Gaemangcho, Kaemangcho'o

Aster annuus L.Stenactis annua (L.) Neesand others
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