Synonyms:

• Basionym: Aster annuus L.
• (≡) Erigeron heterophyllus Muhl. ex Willd.

Common names:

• annual fleabane  (Source: Names Beetle) - English
• daisy fleabane  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• eastern daisy fleabane  (Source: F Florida) - English
• sweet-scabious  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• tall fleabane  (Source: BSBI) - English
• whitetop  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• einjähriger Feinstrahl  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• sommarbinka  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Medicines: folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; F Missouri)
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (fide Intermt F; L Edible Pl)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (n.), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]


Adventive

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Norway
• EASTERN EUROPE: Lithuania


Naturalized

Africa

• WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Reunion

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• CHINA: China
• EASTERN ASIA: Korea

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.)

Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy (incl. Sicily), Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Spain

Northern America

• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia (s.)]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Oregon, Washington]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California, Utah]

Southern America

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Nicaragua, Panama

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Allan, H. H. B. et al. Flora of New Zealand. 1961- (F NZeal)
3. Beetle, A. A. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31. 1970 (Names Beetle)
4. Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. Flores des Mascareignes. 1976- (F Mascar)
5. Botanical Society of the British Isles BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). (BSBI)
6. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972- (Intermt F)
7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
8. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
9. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
10. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
11. Oh, S.-Y. & J.-H. Pak Distribution maps of vascular plants in Korea. 2001 (Atlas Korea)
12. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. Flora of India. 1993- (F India)
13. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
14. Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980 (F Panama)
15. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)
16. Wunderlin, R. P. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. 1998 (F Florida)

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=104210. Accessed 4 julio 2024.