Erigeron sumatrensis

The meaning of Erigeron is not known. Sumatrensis is from the island of Sumatra and the Latin suffix –ensis, meaning native of.

Occurs mainly in the south west of Western Australia and eastern Australia.

A leafy stem to 2 metres tall. The top is a pyramid of small, greenish-white flowers. The flowers are produced from January to August.

This plant is originally from South America. This plant was formerly known as Conyza albida and Conyza sumatrensis.

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51432117

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/50267

Why are there no photographs available for this plant?

The main reason why some plants don’t have photographs is because we haven’t found the plant yet. We have had a few flora surveys conducted and they have indicated that this plant can be found in the bush. The problem is that we just don’t know where in the bush to find it. And if we can’t find it, we can’t photograph it.

Another problem we have is that, while we have a name for the plant, we don’t know what it actually looks like. It’s very difficult to find a plant if you’re not sure what you’re looking for.

But rest assured that as soon as we have photographs for this plant we’ll put them on the website.