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Erigeron annuus

Common name:	Annual Fleabane	Family:	Compositae
Author:	(L.)Pers.	Botanical references:	43, 200
Synonyms:	Stenactis annua ((L.)Less.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	N. America. Naturalized in C. Europe.
Habitat:	Fields and waste places[43]. Prairies and open ground in various soil types in Texas[274].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	Aster annuus[G] E. annuus var. discoideus[B,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Annual Fleabane [L], Daisy Fleabane [L], Eastern Daisy Fleabane [B,P], Jagged Fleabane [E], Sweet Scabious [L], Zomerfijnstraal [D],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	annuus = annual;
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Asterales. Renamed to Asteraceae -- Aster family
Other Range Info:	From the Ethnobotany Database
	Us
Noxious, Invasive and Injurious Weeds	From USDA PLANTS database, Weeds Australia , DEFRA Injurious Weeds
	Listed as noxious/invasive for: USA Invasive.

Physical Characteristics

Annual/Perennial growing to 1m. It is hardy to zone 3. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Lepidoptera (Moths & Butterflies), bees and Apomictic (reproduce by seeds formed without sexual fusion). The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Cultivated Beds.

Edible Uses

Leaves.

Young plant - boiled[105, 177].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Prefers a moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position[200].
A polymorphic species[50].
A self-fertile plant, producing seed apomictically[50].
Very few members of this genus will hybridise with other members of the genus[274].

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in situ. The seed usually germinates within four weeks.

Suppliers

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Web References

[E] Ethnobotany Data (common names, uses, countries) from the Ethnobotany Database.
[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.
[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[43] Fernald. M. L. Gray's Manual of Botany. American Book Co. 1950
A bit dated but good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America.

[50] ? Flora Europaea Cambridge University Press 1964
An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.

[105] Tanaka. T. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing 1976
The most comprehensive guide to edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

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