Latin name: Erigeron sumatrensis Retz.
  Pronunciation: er-IJ-er-on soo-mah-TREN-sis

  Common name: Asthmaweed
  Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
  Habitat: Widely naturalized in disturbed soils,
  native to tropical America
  Blooming period: All year
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Erigeron
  2) sumatrensis
  Formerly Conyza floribunda
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