Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erigeron annuus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Daisy Fleabane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron annuus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-004:
Erigeron annuus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Daisy Fleabane, Annual Fleabane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_eran_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn05_e_annuus_fl
May
Flower heads 1/2 to 3/4" wide with 50 or many more white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Gill Newberry gn05_e_annuus_habit
May
Stems solid, 0.4-1.5m tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120526_538
May Spartanburg County SC
Coarsely toothed cauline leaves > 3/8" wide, sessile but not clasping, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm190508_8244
May Greenville County SC
Plant more leafy & flowers larger than E. strigosus; petals up to 10mm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm190508_8245
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm190518_8451
May Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210605_1147
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm180710_3357
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180710_3359
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm180710_3360
July Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2519
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2520
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Stems sparsely piloso-hispid (hairs spreading), sometimes strigose distally, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm210807_2521
August Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Erigeron annuus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron annuus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-004:
Erigeron annuus
FAMILY
Asteraceae
525
Forb
Winter annual
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, gardens, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (basal leaves usually absent or withered at flowering)
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: White/Lavender
Disc: Yellow/Yellowish
Flower heads with 80-125 ray flowers
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellowish-tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p064
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p382
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p026
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p183
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p116
- Wildflowers in the Field and Forest p290
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p262
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p293
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p341
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p214