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fleabanes and horseweeds
Erigeron
Erigeron (/ɪˈrɪdʒərɒn/) is a large genus of plants in the daisy family. It is sometimes confused with other closely related genera, Aster and the true daisy Bellis. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution in dry, mountainous areas and grassland, with the highest diversity in North America.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Annual and Daisy Fleabanes
sectionPhalacroloma

Caenotus
sectionCaenotus

Quercifolium
sectionQuercifolium

Conyza
sectionConyza

Fruticosus
sectionFruticosus

Karvinskia
sectionKarvinskia

Olygotrichium
sectionOlygotrichium

Trimorpha
sectionTrimorpha
Pauciflori
sectionPauciflori

Pycnophyllum
sectionPycnophyllum

Tridactylia
sectionTridactylia

Stenactis
sectionStenactis

Erigeron
sectionErigeron

Osteocaulis
sectionOsteocaulis

Cincinnactis
sectionCincinnactis

Pseuderigeron
sectionPseuderigeron

Erigeridium
sectionErigeridium

Filifolii
sectionFilifolii

Microcephalum
sectionMicrocephalum

Asteroidea
sectionAsteroidea

Wyomingia
sectionWyomingia

Scopulincola
sectionScopulincola

Disparipili
sectionDisparipili
Linearifolii
sectionLinearifolii

Lonchophylli
sectionLonchophylli

Erigeron morrisonensis
speciesErigeron morrisonensis

Asterigeron
sectionAsterigeron

Geronpternix
sectionGeronpternix

Polyactis
sectionPolyactis

Meridionales
sectionMeridionales

Arenarioides
sectionArenarioides

Imbarba
sectionImbarba

Erigeron aurantiacus
speciesErigeron aurantiacus

Radicati
sectionRadicati

Erigeron aragonensis
speciesErigeron aragonensis

Gyrifolium
sectionGyrifolium

Rhizonexus
sectionRhizonexus
Geniculactis
sectionGeniculactis

Moradilla
speciesErigeron cardaminifolius

Erigeron schleicheri
speciesErigeron schleicheri

Terranea
sectionTerranea

Erigeron major
speciesErigeron major

Erigeron fukuyamae
speciesErigeron fukuyamae

Erigeron hungaricus
speciesErigeron hungaricus

Erigeron lachnocephalus
speciesErigeron lachnocephalus

Erigeron frigidus
speciesErigeron frigidus

Erigeron alpicola
speciesErigeron alpicola

Erigeron breviscapus
speciesErigeron breviscapus

Erigeron allochrous
speciesErigeron allochrous

Palos Verdes Daisy
speciesErigeron palosverdensis

Lamprocaules
sectionLamprocaules

Erigeron paolii
speciesErigeron paolii

Conyza newii
speciesConyza newii

Erigeron columnaris
speciesErigeron columnaris

Erigeron × huelsenii
hybridErigeron × huelsenii

Himalayan Daisy
speciesErigeron emodi

Erigeron altaicus
speciesErigeron altaicus

Erigeron popayanensis
speciesErigeron popayanensis

Erigeron schimperi
speciesErigeron schimperi

Erigeron abyssinicus
speciesErigeron abyssinicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Erigeron in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50879.
