- Family:
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J.Presl
- Genus:
- Erigeron L.
Erigeron bonariensis L.

[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Orinoquia. Elevation range: 100–3900 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Amazonas, Antioquia, Bogotá DC, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Guainía, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Putumayo, Quindío, Risaralda, Santander, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Herb.
- Ecology
- Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, savanna, shrubland, native grassland, wetlands (inland), artificial - terrestrial.
[FWTA]
Compositae, C. D. Adams. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- An erect herb up to 18 in. high
- Ecology
- In waste ground.
[UNAL]
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, varejón, venadillo, yerba de caballo
[UPB]
The Useful Plants of Boyacá project
- Morphology General Habit
- Herb.
- Conservation
- Least concern.
- Distribution
- Introduced in Colombia.
- Ecology
- Alt. 100 - 3900 m.
[FTEA]
Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual herb 0.4–1.5(–2) m high; stems erect, simple or branched, cylindrical, striate, densely pubescent to scabrid.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pale grey-green, sessile, linear to narrowly lanceolate or rarely pinnatilobed, 2.5–15 cm long, 0.2–3 cm wide, base cuneate, margins entire or dentate, apex acute, scabrid-pubescent on both surfaces and particularly on the veins and margins, the upper leaves or inflorescence bracts also glandular.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
- Capitula 4–8 mm long, grouped in terminal lax leafy panicles of 10 or more cymes of several laxly arranged capitula; stalks of individual capitula 0.2–3 cm long, scabrid-pubescent; phyllaries pale green, occasionally with red or purple apex, 2–3-seriate, ± 40, 1.5–5.6 mm long, 0.2–0.5 mm wide, with or without hyaline margins, pubescent; receptacle flat or slightly convex, not or slightly toothed.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Marginal florets whitish or cream with pink to purple tips, 60 to several hundred, tube 2.5–3.3 mm long and glabrous or slightly pilose, ray erect and 0.4–0.6 mm long and 2–3-toothed at apex, style 3.4–4.2 mm long; central florets white to yellow, 4–17, tube 2.8–3.5 mm long, lobes 0.3–0.7 mm long; anthers 0.7–1.1 mm long with narrowly triangular to filiform appendage; style 3.3–4.4 mm long with short, slightly swollen, papillose branches.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Achenes oblong-cylindrical, flattened or not, 1–2 mm long, 2-ribbed, pilose to pubescent; pappus of many white to pale yellow setae 2.5–5 mm long.
- Figures
- Fig. 105 (page 507).
- Habitat
- Grasslands, roadsides or pathsides, in cultivated areas or fallow land; on loam, sand or lava; 300–2850 m
- Distribution
- K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 pantropical weed, originally from S America, and widespread in tropical AfricaArabia
[CPLC]
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. 100 - 3900 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Orinoquia, Valle del Cauca, Valle del Magdalena.
- Morphology General Habit
- Hierba
- Conservation
- Preocupación Menor
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Found in Boyacá, Colombia.
- Vernacular
- Juamparao, Varejón, Venadillo, Yerba de caballo
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Invertebrate Food
- Used as invertebrate food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
- Use Medicines
- Medical uses.
- Use Poisons
- Poisons.
Native to:
Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Afghanistan, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Cook Is., Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Free State, Germany, Gilbert Is., Gulf States, Hawaii, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazan-retto, Kenya, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Line Is., Madeira, Malaya, Marcus I., Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicobar Is., Norfolk Is., Ogasawara-shoto, Oman, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pitcairn Is., Rodrigues, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Society Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Texas, Tonga, Tristan da Cunha, Tubuai Is., Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Wake I., West Himalaya, Yemen, Zaïre
- Conyza bonariensis (L.) Cronquist
- Conyza chenopodioides DC.
- Conyza crispa Rupr.
- Conyza hispida Kunth
- Conyza leucodasys Miq.
- Conyza linearis DC.
- Conyza plebeia Phil.
- Conyza sinuata Elliott
- Conyza sordescens Cabrera
- Conyzella linifolia (Willd.) Greene
- Dimorphanthes angustifolia Cass.
- Dimorphanthes crispa Rupr.
- Dimorphanthes hispida Cass.
- Dimorphanthes linifolia (Willd.) Rupr.
- Erigeron bonariensis f. grisea Chodat
- Erigeron bonariensis var. major Baker ex Glaz.
- Erigeron crispus Pourr.
- Erigeron gusalakensis Rech.f. & Edelb.
- Erigeron linearifolius Cav.
- Erigeron linifolius Willd.
- Erigeron looseri Herter
- Erigeron oreophilus Ridl.
- Erigeron sordidus Gillies ex Hook. & Arn.
- Erigeron transsilvanicus Schur
- Erigeron undulatus Moench
- Leptilon bonariense (L.) Small
- Leptilon linifolium (Willd.) Small
- Marsea bonariensis (L.) V.M.Badillo
- Pulicaria rufescens Nyman
- English
- Flax-leaf fleabane, Horseweed
Erigeron bonariensis L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Spruce, R. [s.n.], Brazil | K001058992 | Yes | |||
Nov 1, 2012 | illegible [s.n.] | Conyza bonariensis | K000958220 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | Gardner [495], Rio de Janeiro | Conyza bonariensis | K000958222 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | Gardner [3840], Goiás | Conyza bonariensis | K000958216 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | Traill, J.W.H. [470], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000958217 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | Gardner [776], Rio de Janeiro | Conyza bonariensis | K000958219 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | Gardner [495], Rio de Janeiro | Conyza bonariensis | K000958221 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | s.coll. [682], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000958223 | Yes | |
Nov 1, 2012 | Gardner [3840], Goiás | Conyza bonariensis | K000958218 | Unknown type material | Yes |
Aug 1, 2012 | Riedel [s.n.], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000955540 | Yes | |
Jul 1, 2012 | Burchell, W.J. [1898], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000955542 | Yes | |
Jul 1, 2012 | Burchell [1339], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000955543 | Yes | |
Jul 1, 2012 | s.coll. [391], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000955541 | Yes | |
Jul 1, 2012 | Burchell, W.J. [965], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000955539 | Yes | |
Jul 1, 2012 | Burchell, W.J. [4494], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K000955544 | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2010 | Rafidah [64264], Peninsular Malaysia | Conyza bonariensis | K000705400 | No | |
Jul 1, 2005 | Darbyshire, I. [318], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000199828 | No | |
Jan 1, 2004 | Etuge, M. [1594], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000108689 | No | |
Jan 1, 2004 | Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [8984], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000051999 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Boughey, A.S. [11579], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000051001 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Hepper, F.N. [2188], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000051002 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Daramola, B. O. [FHI 41580], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000051004 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Cheek, M. [9026], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000108635 | No | |
Jun 1, 2003 | Boughey, A.S. [10396], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000051000 | No | |
Jan 1, 2003 | Boughey, A.S. [0s.n.2], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000051003 | No | |
Apr 1, 2000 | Etuge, M. [2202], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000746896 | No | |
Apr 1, 2000 | Onana, J.-M. [556 B], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000746936 | No | |
Apr 1, 2000 | Cable, S. [3042], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000746897 | No | |
Apr 1, 2000 | Pollard, B.J. [17], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000746898 | No | |
Aug 1, 1963 | s.coll. [s.n.] | Conyza bonariensis | K001107361 | Yes | |
Strudwick, J.J. [3060], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107365 | Yes | ||
Tweedie [s.n.], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107362 | Yes | ||
Sellow [3607], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107368 | Yes | ||
Harris, T. [111], Mozambique | Conyza bonariensis | K000545094 | No | ||
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107363 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [s.n.], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107364 | Yes | ||
Preston, T.A. [s.n.], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107366 | Yes | ||
Cowell, E.B. [M 24], Cameroon | Conyza bonariensis | K000050992 | No | ||
s.coll. [392], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107369 | Yes | ||
Dusén, P. [9818], Brazil | Conyza bonariensis | K001107367 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K000325900 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K000325911 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K000747161 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K000747170 | Yes | ||
Galapagos | Conyza bonariensis | K001478991 | Yes | ||
Galapagos | Conyza bonariensis | K001478992 | Yes | ||
Galapagos | Conyza bonariensis | K001478993 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K001478994 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K001478995 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K001478996 | Yes | ||
Peru | Conyza bonariensis | K001478997 | Yes | ||
Venezuela | Conyza bonariensis | K001478998 | Yes | ||
Venezuela | Conyza bonariensis | K001478999 | Yes | ||
Santiago | Conyza plebeia | K000221749 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 863 (1753)
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