Asteraceae

Canadian fleabane

Erigeron canadensis L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron

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Canadian fleabane (Erigeron canadensis) — FlowerPhoto: Chris Reardon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (39)

ab: Абгаҵыхәа
aeb: جعدة
Afrikaans: Kanadese skraalhans, Armoedskruid
Arabic: أريغارون كندي, حشيشة الجبل, نشاش الذبان
Armenian: Կոնիզա կանադական
arz: اريغارون كندى
Asturian: Picachón
Azerbaijani: Kanada xırdaləçəyi
Catalan: Cànem bord
Chinese: 小蓬草, 小飞蓬, 加拿大蓬, 加拿大飞蓬, 小篷草, 小蓬草*(小飞蓬）, 野塘蒿, 飞蓬
Croatian: Kanadska hudoljetnica
Czech: Turanka kanadská
Danish: Canadisk bakkestjerne
Dutch: Canadese fijnstraal
English: Canadian fleabane, Canadian horseweed, Fleabane, Horseweed
Estonian: Kanada pujukakar
Finnish: Kanadankoiransilmä
French: Vergerette du Canada, Vergerolle du Canada, Érigéron du Canada
Georgian: Ცხენიკუდა
German: Vergerette du canada, Kanadisches Berufkraut
Hebrew: קייצת קנדית
Hungarian: Betyárkóró
Japanese: ヒメムカシヨモギ
Korean: 망초
lah: گدڑ بوٹی
Latvian: Kanādas jānītis
Lithuanian: Kanadinė konyza, Vergerette du canada
Māori: Porerarua
mwl: Rabo-de-raposa
Norwegian Bokmål: Hestehamp
nv: Néʼétsah azeeʼ
Polish: Konyza kanadyjska
Portuguese: Avoadinha, Cauda-de-raposa
Russian: Мелколепестничек канадский, Кониза канадская
Serbian: Repušnjača
Slovak: Turica kanadská, Turanec kanadský
Slovenian: Kanadska suholetnica
Swedish: Kanadabinka, Vergerette du canada
Welsh: Amrhydlwyd Canada

Synonyms

Aster canadensis (L.) E.H.L.Krause
Caenotus canadensis (L.) Raf.
Caenotus pusillus Raf.
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist
Conyza canadensis var. canadensis
Conyza canadensis var. glabrata (A.Gray) Cronquist
Conyza canadensis var. pusilla (Nutt.) Cronquist
Conyza parva Cronquist
Conyzella canadensis Rupr.
Erigeron canadense var. pusillus (Nutt.) B.Boivin
Erigeron canadensis f. canadensis
Erigeron canadensis f. coloratus Fassett
Erigeron canadensis var. canadensis
Erigeron canadensis var. glabratus A.Gray
Erigeron canadensis var. levis Makino
Erigeron canadensis var. pusillus (Nutt.) B.Boivin
Erigeron canadensis var. strictus Farw.
Erigeron myriocephalus Rech.f. & Edelb.
Erigeron pusillus Nutt.
Erigeron setiferus Post ex Boiss.
Erigeron strictus DC.
Leptilon canadense (L.) Britton & Brown
Leptilon canadense (L.) Britton
Leptilon canadense var. canadense
Leptilon canadense var. pusillum (Nutt.) Daniels
Leptilon pusillum (Nutt.) Britton
Marsea canadensis (L.) V.M.Badillo
Senecio ciliatus Walter
Trimorpha canadensis (L.) Lindm.

Flowers

In flower: July to September (from 3,076 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Chris Reardon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Kristi Zoebelein, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Michael J. Papay, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: GTBacchus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrascu Lucian-Marius, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrew St. Paul, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.