Conyza (horseweed, butterweed or fleabane) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions throughout the world, and also north into cool temperate regions in North America and eastern Asia. The genus is closely related to Erigeron (also known as fleabanes).

The species are annual or perennial herbaceous plants, rarely shrubs, growing to 1-2 m tall. The stems are erect, branched, with alternate leaves. The flowers are produced in inflorescences, with several inflorescences loosely clustered on each stem.

Selected species

• Conyza aegyptiaca. Africa, southern Asia.
• Conyza ageratoides. Madagascar.
• Conyza blinii. China.
• Conyza bonariensis. Pantropical.
• Conyza canadensis. North and Central America.
• Conyza japonica. Eastern Asia.
• Conyza laevigata. Mexico, Central and South America
• Conyza leucantha. Southern Asia, northern Australia.
• Conyza muliensis. China.
• Conyza perennis. China.
• Conyza stricta. China.
• Conyza primulifolia. Mexico, Central and South America
• Conyza sumatrensis. South America (not Sumatra)

References and external links

• Germplasm Resources Information Network: Conyza
• Chinese plant names: Conyza

Asteraceae

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