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Asteraceae

Coastal burnweed

Erechtites minimus DC.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Erechtites

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Coastal burnweed: Erechtites minima at Point Reyes National Seashore, Inverness Ridge along Stewart Trail (Marin County, California, US). "Photos copyrighted as, "Robert Steers/N
Photo: Robert Steers/NPS, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Coastal burnweed

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.