Fleabane
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Fleabane
Noun
- Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Astereae Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed) Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane) in tribe Inuleae 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).
- mostly in two tribes of subfamily Asteroideae in tribe Astereae Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed) Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane) in tribe Inuleae Inula spp. (yellowheads) Pluchea spp. (camphorweeds) Pulicaria spp. (false fleabane), especially common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica subsp. dysenterica, formerly Inula dysenterica)
- in tribe Astereae Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed) Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
- Conyza spp. (butterweeds or horseweed)
- Erigeron spp., especially Erigeron acre (blue fleabane)
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