Common name
English: Latin american fleabane
German: Spanisches Gänseblümchen
Mandarin: 加勒比飞蓬 (jia le bi fei peng)
Portuguese: Vitadinia-das-floristas
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Asterales (236)
Family: Asteraceae (220)(family description)
Genus: Erigeron (2)
Epithet: karvinskianus DC. (1)
karvinskianus => in honor of Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinsky von Karwin (1780-1855), German explorer, naturalist and plant collector in Brazil and Mexico
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Erigeron karvinskianus at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [256] Erigeron karvinskianus - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)