Erigeron karvinskianus, the Mexican fleabane,[3] is a species of daisy-like flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and parts of Central America.
[8][9][10] and is naturalized in many other places,[11] including parts of Africa and Europe,[12] Australia,[6] Hong Kong,[13] Chile and the west coast of the United States.
[15] The specific epithet refers to Wilhelm Friedrich Karwinski von Karwin,[16] who collected the plant in Mexico according to de Candolle.
[15] Erigeron karvinskianus is also cultivated for its daisy-like blooms, and is often confused with the closely related true daisy Bellis perennis.
[19][20] It was used to colonise the concrete terraces of the football stadium (Estadio Azteca) built in Mexico City for the 1970 World Cup.