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horseweed
Erigeron canadensis
Erigeron canadensis
horseweed Aster Family
Erigeron canadensis Asteraceae
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common names
  horseweed
  Canadian Fleabane
accepted scientific name
  Erigeron canadensis L.
rules for finding collection records
  Conyza canadensis (98)
  Erigeron canadensis (14)
  Erigeron pusillus (0)
family name
  • Asteraceae
Image Author: ©2009 H. Zell
Image License: CC BY-SA
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Many petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.1 inches
Number of ray petals: 20 to 45
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed All Year
Naturalized in Hawaii. Native to North America.

How Likely at this Location (22%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (27%)
where plant found
mag select

Grassland
Disturbed
Brush
Forest
Sand
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Erigeron canadensis   L.   (TSN: 37113, Index: 643)


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