Asteraceae
Erigeron

Erigeron canadensis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is New World. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine and for fuel and food.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean. Elevation range: 76–3250 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Casanare, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nariño, San Andrés y Providencia, Santander.
Habit
Herb.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Pericón
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/

Vernacular
juamparao, venadillo
[UNAL]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Adventicia en Colombia; Alt. 76 - 3250 m.; Andes, Islas Caribeñas, Llanura del Caribe, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
Erect weedy herb to 1 m tall or more; leaves on the stem linear or very narrowly oblanceolate and up to 5 cm long, the margins usually sparsely ciliate, the surfaces sometimes puberulous.
Morphology Branches
Branches of the panicle raceme-like; heads mostly 3–5 mm across when in flower; phyllaries mostly 2–3 mm long, glabrous except for the minutely ciliolate tips. Ray-florets ca. 2.5 mm long, the minute ligule white; disc-florets yellow, 4-toothed, ca. 2.5 long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes 1 mm long; pappus-bristles 3 mm long.
Distribution
Cayman Islands. Temperate N. America and the West Indies. Also widely naturalised in the Old World.
Ecology
A common weed of roadsides, pastures, and open waste ground.
[Cayman]

Uses

Use Fuel
Used for fuels.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
Use Poisons
Poisons.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0