Erigeron Linnaeus. Common name: Daisy Fleabane.
A genus of about 200 species, nearly cosmopolitan. Sections follow Nesom (2008b). Here circumscribed to include Conyza.
ID notes: The pappus of Erigeron has longer inner barbellate bristles (vs. Boltonia which lacks these); Erigeron also lacks winged cypselae margins.
References: Allison & Stevens (2001); Cronquist (1980); Nesom (2006bb) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006b); Nesom (2008b); Nesom (2008b); Nesom (2018a); Noyes, Gerling, & Vandervoort (2006); Özüdoğru et al. (2022); Poindexter, Keener, & Noyes (2017) In Weakley et al. (2017); Poindexter, Keener, & Noyes (2018) In Weakley et al. (2018a); Strother (2006cc) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006b). Show full citations.
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© Keith Bradley | Erigeron philadelphicus var. philadelphicus
© Gary P. Fleming | Erigeron bonariensis | Original Image ⭷
© Keith Bradley | Erigeron bellioides
© Gary P. Fleming | Erigeron canadensis | Original Image ⭷
© Grant Morrow Parkins | Erigeron annuusFeedback
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