Daisy fleabane (Erigeron annus)
 
 
 

Daisy fleabane in June

Daisy fleabane is a member of the Aster (Asteraceae) family.  It is an annual plant with slender, erect stems up to 2 1/2 feet tall.  The flowers resemble miniature daisies.  Flower heads are on indidvidual branches in a spreading cluster, with each head up to 1 inch wide.  The heads have a fringe of more than 40 white, threadlike ray flowers, about 1/4 inch long, surrounding a circle of densely packed, yellow disk flowers.

Daisy fleabane blooms midspring to early fall and is common throughout the tallgrass region in mesic to dry prairies, old fields, pastures, and other sites.  It is considered to be a weed in disturbed sites over most of the U.S. and southern Canada.


June

June

 

 

Additional information about this plant may be found at the USDA PLANTS Database:

http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERAN


Daisy fleabane in August

Daisy fleabane in August