Plant Details

Accepted name:: Erigeron canadensis L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
achicoria	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
bitter-weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bitterweed	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blood-stanch	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
butterweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canada fleabane	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
canada horseweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian fleabane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
canadian horseweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colt s-tail	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
coltstail	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
contrahierba	Other	Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
daun nyara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
erigeron canadensis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
fleabane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hierba de burro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hogweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horse-weed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
horseweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horseweed fleabane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hourenkanisimo-tu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
jaraayupriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jarayupriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanadabinka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanadisches berufkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kanaryaotu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kechondong ari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
makshikaa-visha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
makshikavisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malloch	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
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)
mawi pire otu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
oil-of-erigeron	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oil-of-fleabane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oleum erigerontis	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
palet	Other	Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
palit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
thewel altheb	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
thwail ath theeb	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
umvawamadoda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
unonkangana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vergerette du canada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
小白酒草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
小蓬草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
小飞蓬	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
飛蓬	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
leaves		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
aerial parts, leaves	essential oil, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 35 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 632 (1943).
Erigeron pusillus Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 148 (1818).
Leptilon pusillum (Nutt.) Britton Torreya 14: 198 (1914).
Aster canadensis (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 13: 59 (1905), nom. illeg.
Caenotus canadensis (L.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 50 (1837), not validly publ.
Caenotus pusillus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 50 (1837).
Conyza bonariensis var. angustifolia (Cabrera) Cabrera Man. Fl. Alrededores Buenos Aires: 481 (1953).
Conyza canadensis var. glabrata (A.Gray) Cronquist Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 150 (1947).
Conyza canadensis var. incisa P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 555 (2006).
Conyza canadensis var. obovoidea P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 555 (2006).
Conyza canadensis var. pusilla (Nutt.) Cronquist Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 74: 150 (1947).
Conyza canadensis var. robusta P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 556 (2006).
Conyza canadensis var. simplex P.D.Sell Fl. Gr. Brit. Ireland 4: 555 (2006).
Conyza parva Cronquist Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 70: 632 (1943).
Conyza rufescens Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 2: 253 (1825).
Conyzella canadensis (L.) Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 14(4): 51 (1869).
Erigeron bonariensis var. angustifolius Cabrera Revista Mus. La Plata, Secc. Bot. 4: 88 (1941).
Erigeron canadensis f. coloratus Fassett Rhodora 31: 53 (1929).
Erigeron canadensis var. glabratus A.Gray Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6: 220 (1850).
Erigeron canadensis var. grandiflorus Schwein. in W.H.Keating, Narrat. Exp. St. Peter's River 2: 395 (1824).
Erigeron canadensis var. levis Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 26 (1926).
Erigeron canadensis var. pusillus (Nutt.) B.Boivin Phytologia 23: 55 (1972).
Erigeron canadensis var. strictus Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 8: 277 (1923).
Erigeron myriocephalus Rech.f. & Edelb. Biol. Skr. 8(2): 6 (1955), nom. illeg.
Erigeron paniculatus Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 141 (1779).
Erigeron ruderalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 195 (1796).
Erigeron setiferus Post ex Boiss. Fl. Orient., Suppl.: 289 (1888).
Erigeron strictus DC. Prodr. 5: 289 (1836).
Inula canadensis Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 150 (1800).
Leptilon canadense (L.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 391 (1898).
Leptilon canadense var. pusillum (Nutt.) Daniels Univ. Missouri Stud., Sci. Ser. 2: 239 (1911).
Marsea canadensis (L.) V.M.Badillo Bol. Soc. Venez. Ci. Nat. 10: 256 (1946).
Senecio ciliatus Walter Fl. Carol.: 208 (1788).
Tessenia canadensis (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 267 (1899).
Trimorpha canadensis (L.) Lindm. Sv. Fanerogamfl.: 529 (1918).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Conyza canadensis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronq. var. canadensis	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Conyza canadensis (L.) Cronquist	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Conyza canadensis (L.)Cronquist	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Conyza canadensis (Linn.) Cronq.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Conyza canadensis Conquist	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Conyza canadensis L.	Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
Conyza canadensis conquest	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Erigeron canadense	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erigeron canadensis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Erigeron canadensis L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Erigeron canadensis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Erigeron canadiensis L.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Erigeron pusillus	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Erigeron pusillus Nutt.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Leptilon pusilllum (Nutt.) Britton	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)

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