OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron annuus   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron annuus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Erigeron annuus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-004:

Erigeron annuus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Erigeron annuus

 

COMMON NAME:
Annual Fleabane


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image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_eran_001_lvd

        

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_403

        

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

Gill Newberry    gn05_e_annuus_habit

May        

Stems solid, 0.4-1.5m tall, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm190508_8245

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm190518_8451

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm210605_1147

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm180710_3357

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm180710_3359

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm180710_3360

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2519

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

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.

image of Erigeron annuus, Annual Fleabane

JK Marlow    jkm210807_2521

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Erigeron annuus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Erigeron annuus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Erigeron annuus

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-44-004:
Erigeron annuus   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Erigeron annuus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

525

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC)

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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

 

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