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Erigeron canadensis
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Erigeron canadensis is a species of plant within the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the order Asterales and the class Magnoliopsida. The taxon is classified as an annual, biennial, or herbaceous plant. Common names for this species include 小蓬草, 加拿大飞蓬, 飞蓬, and 小飞蓬.
The plant has a recorded range that includes Shanghai, China, Beijing, and Fujian. It is noted as invasive to Shanghai. Uses for the organism include fodder, vegetable, and medicinal plant. The taxon has been introduced to various regions, including Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, and the Baltic States.
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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4,447
- With media
- 3,837
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- biennial plant
- Parent taxon
- Erigeron
- Image
- 2016.05.27 07.41.23 IMG 5628 - Flickr - andrey zharkikh.jpg
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- Erigeron canadensis
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- Commons category
- Erigeron canadensis
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- Erigeron canadensis
- taxon common name
- kanadska suholetnica
- invasive to
- Shanghai
- taxon range
- Guangdong
- short name
- E. canadensis
- taxon author citation
- L.
- PAEnflowered taxon URL
- www.paenflowered.org/apgii/asterales/asteraceae/erigeron/erigeron-canadensis
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Encyclopedic overview
Canadian fleabane (Erigeron canadensis) essential oil in a clear glass vial
Erigeron canadensis (synonym Conyza canadensis) is an annual plant native throughout most of North America and Central America. It is also widely naturalized in Eurasia and Australia. Common names include horseweed, Canadian horseweed, Canadian fleabane, coltstail, marestail, and butterweed. It was the first weed to have developed glyphosate resistance, reported in 2001 from Delaware.
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