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Non-scientific name:

butterweed

1 Accepted name(s) for "butterweed":

Accepted name
Erigeron canadensis L.

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Erigeron canadensis L. Erigeron canadensis L. Erigeron canadensis L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Erigeron canadensis L. Erigeron canadensis L. Erigeron canadensis L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Erigeron canadensis L. Erigeron canadensis L. Erigeron canadensis L.

20 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "butterweed":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
bitter-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blood-stanch Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canada fleabane Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canada horseweed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian fleabane Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canadian horseweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colt s-tail Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erigeron canadensis Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fleabane Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hogweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horseweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horseweed fleabane Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jarayupriya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanadabinka Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kanadisches berufkraut Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
makshikavisha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mare's-tail Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mares tail Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
marestail Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vergerette du canada Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)