Asteraceae
Blue fleabane
Erigeron acris
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Erigeron
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- أريغارون لاذع
- arz
- اريغارون لاذع
- Chinese
- 飛蓬, 飞蓬
- Czech
- Turan ostrý
- Danish
- Bitter Bakkestjerne
- Dutch
- Scherpe fijnstraal
- English
- Blue fleabane, Bitter fleabane
- Estonian
- Jaani-õnnehein
- Finnish
- Karvaskallioinen, Ketokallioinen
- German
- Scharfes Berufkraut, Echtes Berufkraut
- Hungarian
- Bóbitás küllőrojt, Vesszőcskefű
- Irish
- Lus gorm na ndreancaidí
- Italian
- Cespica acre
- Latvian
- Asais jānītis
- Persian
- پیر بهار تلخ
- Polish
- Przymiotno ostre
- Russian
- Мелколепестник едкий
- Slovak
- Turica ostrá
- Slovenian
- Ostra suholetnica
- Spanish
- Zarramagar, Aster erigeron, Aster glabratus
- Swedish
- Gråbinka, Blekbinka, Brunbinka, Kalbinka, Rödbinka, Vanlig gråbinka, Östbinka
- Ukrainian
- Злинка гостра
- Welsh
- Amrhydlwyd glas
Synonyms
- Erigeron acris subsp. acris
- Erigeron acris var. fuscomarginatus Emb. & Maire
- Erigeron angustatus Fries ex Nyman
- Erigeron corymbosus Wallr.
- Erigeron crispulus Borbás
- Erigeron glabratus var. minor Hook.
- Erigeron intermedius Rchb. ex Nyman
- Erigeron nelsonii Greene
- Erigeron orientalis Boiss.
- Erigeron shepardii Post
- Trimorpha acris (L.) Gray
- Trimorpha acris var. acris
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 589 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sergey Basalaev, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vasily Moryashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matti Virtala, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thompson Hyggen, CC0, from iNaturalist
More in Erigeron
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- Erigeron sumatrensisAsteraceae
- Latin American fleabaneErigeron karvinskianusAsteraceae
- Oneflower fleabaneErigeron uniflorusAsteraceae
- AsthmaweedErigeron bonariensisAsteraceae
- Cutleaf daisyErigeron compositusAsteraceae
- Erigeron alpinusAsteraceae
- Prairie fleabaneErigeron strigosusAsteraceae
- Arctic alpine fleabaneErigeron humilisAsteraceae
- Philadelphia fleabaneErigeron philadelphicusAsteraceae
- Aspen fleabaneErigeron speciosusAsteraceae
- Orange daisyErigeron aurantiacusAsteraceae
Sources: classification, synonyms 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.