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

          
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

          
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

          
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

          
S. heptalobum 2 Grassland P    
 

Senecio

          
S. tamoides DC.   Forest edge C Canary creeper  
S. deltoideus Less. 26 Forest edge C Canary creeper  
           
Sonchus          
S. sp.