Species
Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)
Erigeron philadelphicus. Photo: (c) Jimmy Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
Erigeron philadelphicus, the Philadelphia fleabane, is a widespread North American plant in the daisy family. Also known as common fleabane, daisy fleabane, frost-root, marsh fleabane, poor robin’s plantain, skervish, and in the British Isles as robin’s-plantain. It is native to North America and found there in nearly all of the United States and Canada. It is also introduced into Europe and Asia, considered an invasive weed in many places.
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
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Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
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Subfamily: Asteroideae
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Tribe: Astereae (Asters and allies)
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Subtribe: Conyzinae
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Genus: Erigeron (Fleabanes and horseweeds)
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Section: Quercifolium
- Species: Erigeron philadelphicus (Philadelphia fleabane)
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Section: Quercifolium
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Genus: Erigeron (Fleabanes and horseweeds)
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Subtribe: Conyzinae
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Tribe: Astereae (Asters and allies)
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Subfamily: Asteroideae
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Family: Asteraceae (Sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
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Order: Asterales (Sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
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Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
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Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
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Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
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Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)