Erigeron modestus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name plains fleabane. It native to northern Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Nuevo León) and the southwestern and south-central parts of the United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas).
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Plains 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
- Aphanostephus ramosissimus
- Erigeron tracyi
- Aphanostephus skirrhobasis
- Erigeron pubescens
- Erigeron divergens
- Erigeron flagellaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Erigeron
- Species
- Erigeron modestus
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