English
Daisy Fleabane
Latin
Erigeron strigosus
Anishinaabemowin
nookwezigan
Physical Description
Fleabanes are daisy-like flowers that differ from true daisies in that they have very numerous (greater than 50) small, petal-like ray flowers on the outer part of the composite flowering head. Additionally daisy fleabane is different from mot daisies in that it begins blooming in May and continues throughout the summer. Daisy fleabane has white ray flowers and leaves with very few teeth on their margins. (Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa)
Uses & Preparation
Parts of the plant used for headaches. (Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa)
Sources
Plants used by the Great Lakes Ojibwa, Meeker, Elias and Heim, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, WI, 1993