Blackhead Fleabane (Erigeron melanocephalus)

Blackhead Fleabane, a reference photo — Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM · CC0 (licence)

Erigeron melanocephalus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name black-headed fleabane. It is found in the Rocky Mountains of the western United States, in the states of Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Blackhead Fleabane being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Erigeron flettii
Erigeron grandiflorus

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Erigeron
Species: Erigeron melanocephalus

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