Family Asteraceae
| Scientific name | Coll. Nr. | Habitat | Growth form | English name | Shona name |
| Acanthospermum | |||||
| A. australe (Loefl.) Kuntze | 72 | Introduced, weed in disturbed soil, gardens and on road sides | AP | Common Starbur, creeping Starbur | |
| Ageratum | |||||
| A. conyzoides L. ssp. conyzoides | 18 | Introduced,weed of disturbed places, also woodland | |||
| Berkheya | |||||
| B. setifera DC. | P | ||||
| Bidens | |||||
| B. pilosa L. | Introduced, weed of gardens, cultivated & fallow lands, roadsides, disturbed soil | A | |||
| Crassocephalum |
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| C. rubens (Juss. ex Jacq.) S.Moore | 22 | Grass- & woodland | A | Fatheads, paintbrushes | |
| Conyza | |||||
| C. aegyptiaca (L.) Aiton | Weed of cultivation & disturbed areas, also in moist grassland and around vleis in mountainous terrain | A |
Black-jack |
Guza, Sina, Muuwu, Nama, | |
| C. pinnata (L.f.) Kuntze | Grassland | P | |||
| C. sumatrensis (Retz.) E. Walker | 71 | Introduced, weed of cultivated and disturbed ground | A | Fleabane | Gonzo, Gura |
| Coreopsis | |||||
| C. lanceolata L. | Introduced, occasional naturalide escape along roadsides | P | Tickseed | ||
| Cotula | |||||
| C. australis (Spreng.) Hook f. | Disturbed areas, roadsides, gardens | A | Button Weed | ||
| Erigeron | |||||
| E. karvinskianus DC. | Introducad,naturalized escape, it occurs on road banks and along forest edges | P | |||
| Galinsoga | |||||
| G. quadriradiata Ruiz. & Pav. | Introduced, weed in gardens & disturbed places | A | |||
| Gnaphalium | |||||
| G. purpureum L. | Introduced, garden weed | A | |||
| Helichrysum |
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| H. adenocarpum DC. adenocarpum | Species of wet areas, often growing on bare soils. | P | Pink Everlasting | ||
| H. nitens DC. | 1 | Grassland | P | Deswa | |
| H. nudifolium (L.) Less. | Grassland, roadsides | P | Hottentot's Tea | Nyamuchena | |
| H. odoratissimum (L.) Sweet | 3 | Grassland | P | ||
| H. panduratum O. Hoffm. var. ?? | Grassland, roadside | ||||
| Hypochaeris | |||||
| H. radicata L. | Introduced, weed of roadsides and disturbed areas | P | Hairy Wild Lettuce | ||
| Kleinia | |||||
| K. galpinii (Hook f.) | 20 | Woodland | |||
| Lactuca |
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| L. inermis Forssk. | 29 | Grassland | P | Wild lettuce | |
| Mikania | |||||
| M. carteri Baker | 31 | Grassland | C | ||
| Neojeffreya | |||||
| N. decurrens (L.)Cabrera |
A weed of lawns gardens, cultivation and roadsides. |
A | |||
| Phymaspermum | |||||
| P. bolusii (Hutch.) Källersjö | Grassland and scrub | PS | |||
| Pseudognaphalium | |||||
| P. oligandrum (DC.) Hillard & Burtt | 69 | Grassland | A | ||
| Schistostephium |
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| S. heptalobum | 2 | Grassland | P | ||
| Senecio |
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| S. tamoides DC. | Forest edge | C | Canary creeper | ||
| S. deltoideus Less. | 26 | Forest edge | C | Canary creeper | |
| Sonchus | |||||
| S. sp. | |||||
| Spilanthes | |||||
| S. mauritiana (Rich. ex Pers.) DC. | 76 | Grassland | A | ||
| Stomatanthes |
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| S. africanus (Oliv.& Hiern) R.M.King & H.Rob | 33 | Grassland | |||
| Tagetes |
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| T. minuta L. | 5 | Introduced,grassland | A | Khaki weed | Hanya |
| Vernonia |
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| V. adoensis Walp. var. ? | |||||
| V. galpinii Klatt | 43 | Grassland | P | ||
| V. karaguensis Oliv. & Hiern ? | P | ||||
| V. myriantha Hook f. | Pioneer of disturbed places and neglected plantations | ST | Blue Bitter-tea, Eared Vernonia, Poison tree Vernonia | Chinjazu, Murawa, Mukafodya | |
| V. natalensis Sch. Bip. | 52 | Grassland | P | Silver Vernonia | Chiwanika |
| V. wollastonii S. Moore | 24 | Forest edge | sS | Forest Vernonia | |
| Unknown |
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