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Erigeron annuus
Also called Sweet Scabious, Tall Fleabane, Daisy Fleabane, Annual Fleabane, Strigose Fleabane, Whitetop, White Top
Eastern daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus) is a white-flowered annual or biennial wildflower native to North America, often a weedy plant in disturbed ground. It does best in sun to part shade with reasonable moisture and tolerates many soil types.
Erigeron annuus (formerly Aster annuus), the annual fleabane, daisy fleabane, or eastern daisy fleabane, is a species of herbaceous flowering plant, annual or biennial, in the family Asteraceae.
Erigeron annuus is native to North America and Central America. It is widespread in most of the United States, especially in the eastern part of its range, but occurs only in scattered locations in the western and southernmost parts of its range. It has been introduced to many other places, including Korea, Europe, India, and other areas in Asia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Erigeron annuus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
