Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Dicotyledon Literature for Erigeron bonariensis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999; Lorence & Wagner, 2020.
   Asteraceae -- The Sunflower Family Bibliography
      Erigeron bonariensis

Common name(s): `awi`awi, `ui`ui, `uwi`uwi, ilioha, pua mana, hairy horseweed, lani wela (Ni`ihau)
General Information
DistributionIn the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kure, Midway, Laysan, French Frigate Shoals, Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Kaho`olawe, Hawai`i.

Asteraceae - Erigeron bonariensis Asteraceae - Erigeron bonariensis















Habit
Annual or sometimes perennial herb, 1‒10(‒15) dm tall, often branched near base or unbranched, densely pubescent.
Leaves
Leaves numerous, usually grayish green, proximal ones to 15 cm long, 2 cm wide, becoming progressively smaller upward, usually 3‒6 cm long, 0.5‒1 cm wide, coarsely serrate, sessile.
Flowers
Heads usually numerous; involucre 4‒6 mm high, densely pubescent; ray florets 50‒200 or more per head, pistillate, rays ca. 0.5 mm long; pappus yellowish brown to reddish, in a single series, usually shorter than or equaling the disk florets.
Chromosomes
2n = 18, 26, 32, 36, 54.
Contributor
Nancy Khan