Common Fleabane, Erigeron philadelphicus, is a common medicinal wildflower. It has been used medicinally for diarrhea, childbirth, coughs, hemorrhages, eye sight and even as a poison ivy remedy. It was also used in a kinnikinnick mixture for pipe smoking.
Common Fleabane Sources:
Audubon Guides Box Set – Birds, Tree, Wildflowers & Mammals. Computer Software.Green Mountain Digital. Version: 2.3. Web. Jul 10, 2014.
Foster, Steven and James A. Duke. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America. 2nd. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Print. pg. 184
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey. Cherokee Plants and Their Uses- A 400 Year History. North Carolina: Herald Publishing. 1975. Print. pg. 35
Herrick, James William. Iroquois Medical Botany. Ph.D. Thesis, New York: State University of New York, Albany 1977. Print. pg. 231
Moerman Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Portland: Timber Press. 1998. Print. pg. 219
Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Print. pg. 382-383
United States Department of Agriculture. Natural Resources Conservation Services. Web.
I am so glad I tripped upon your sight. I have had a plethora of Fleabane and now I know what it is, thanks to your site. I also appreciate the information on Hemlock, easily confuse with Queen Anne’s Lace.
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Hi Terry, I’m glad I could help. Happy gardening to you as well!
Does fleabane attract birds, bees ets.? I want to keep if so.. I want to dedicate a section of my yard for. them.
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What part of the common fleabane is used for medicine? I have it growing in my yard and would like to beable to use it.
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Marie
Love your website. So much useful information and helpful in helping to identify plants and their copycats.
Just identifying a weed I see a lot. Fleabane