fleabane

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fleabane

/ˈfliːbeɪn/ US, UK

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From flea + bane.

noun fleabanes

mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.
Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
Inula spp. (yellowheads)
Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds)
Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
Also, in subfamily Cichorioideae, Vernonia spp. (ironweeds).

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noun Conyza

Français	vergerette, encensière

noun Erigeron (especially E. acre)

Deutsch	Berufkraut

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@misc{fleabane_2026,
  title = {fleabane},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fleabane},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}