Eastern Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron annuus, Native Minnesota Wildflower plant, Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden

There are a number of Fleabanes. They all have numerous rays of various colors surrounding a flat yellow disk. Eastern Daisy Fleabane has smaller flower heads, 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide with usually 50 to 100 rays. Flowers are white but can be pinkish. Flower buds may have visible white hair. Both the ray florets and the yellow disk florets can be fertile. They produce a dry seed spread by the wind. The leaves on the stem are sharply toothed but do not clasp the stem. Leaf edges have white hair. The stem grows up to 4 feet high and has long hairs standing out. The inflorescence is a loose branched cluster of several heads. The plant can be an annual or a biennial.

	Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden
	Common Name	Scientific Name	Plant Family	Garden Location	Prime Season
	Eastern Daisy Fleabane	Erigeron annuus (L.) Pers.	Aster (Asteraceae)	Upland and Woodland	Late Spring to Fall
Other names and notes	There are a number of Fleabanes. They all have numerous rays of various colors surrounding a flat yellow disk. Eastern Daisy Fleabane has smaller flower heads, 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide with usually 50 to 100 rays. Flowers are white but can be pinkish. Flower buds may have visible white hair. Both the ray florets and the yellow disk florets can be fertile. They produce a dry seed spread by the wind. The leaves on the stem are sharply toothed but do not clasp the stem. Leaf edges have white hair. The stem grows up to 4 feet high and has long hairs standing out. The inflorescence is a loose branched cluster of several heads. The plant can be an annual or a biennial.