General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Late fall or early winter
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Erosion control
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Horseweed
  • Marestail
  • Butterweed
  • Canada Fleabane
  • Fleabane
  • Hogweed
  • Canadian Horseweed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Erigeron canadensis
  • Synonym: Conyza canadensis var. pusilla
  • Synonym: Conyza parva
  • Synonym: Conyza canadensis
  • Synonym: Conyza canadensis var. glabrata

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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2013-12-05
Location: Saint Paul, Minnesota
Date: 22-May-2020
Canada Fleabane, young plant. A Minnesota native annual, but one
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-10
Conyza canadensis , 2016, Horseweed, kon-NY-zuh kan-uh-DEN-siss,

Date: c. 1913
illustration [as Leptilon canadense] from Britton and Brown's 'An
Location: on waste land, Gent, Belgium
Date: Sep 11, 2007 6:47 PM
Location: Next to pond 
Date: 2016-07-09

Date: 2016-07-13
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-30
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-30
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-07-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2003-07-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: My garden, Ghent, Belgium
Location: on waste land, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-31
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-30
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-10
Conyza canadensis , 2016, Horseweed, kon-NY-zuh kan-uh-DEN-siss,
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-09-20
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2014-12-11
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 2014-12-11
Uploaded by Catmint20906
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-30
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-07-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-07-10
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

photo credit: H. Zell

photo credit: H. Zell
Location: My garden, Ghent, Belgium
Location: on waste land, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2013-08-31
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-08-30
dried out
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-10
Conyza canadensis , 2016, Horseweed, kon-NY-zuh kan-uh-DEN-siss,
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