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cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally

cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally

The dried leaves and flowering tops of Leptilon canadense (Erigeron canadense), fleabane, mare's-tail, cow's-tail, colt's-tail, pride-weed, butter weed, horse weed, scabious; diaphoretic and expectorant in doses of 3 1/2-1 (15.0-30.0) of a decoction (half-ounce to the pint).

Diuretic and tonic.

Genus of plants, fleabanes: diuretic and refrigerant.

Fleabane; the herb of E. heterophyllus and E. philadelphicus, used in dropsical and nephritic diseases.

A widely distributed genus of composite plants.