Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Erigeron bilbaoanus

Flower heads. Photographer Malcolm Storey, England.

Lower leaf (left), upper leaf (right). Photographer Malcolm Storey, England.

Plant. Photographer Malcolm Storey, England.

Line drawings.  Plant; flower base to which the florets are attached. M Moir, National Herbarium of Victoria, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board

Common name

A Fleabane

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Roadsides, disturbed sites, and along streams. Widespread, but not common.

Notes

Introduced annual herb to 2 m high. Stems finely striate, sparsely  (often with robust, wart based hairs). Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, hairless but with bristles on the margins and occasionally also on the lower midrib. Basal leaves 2–9 cm long, 1–8 mm wide, margins entire or toothed. Stem leaves 1.5–6 cm long, 2–6 mm wide, margins entire. Flower heads oval to urn-shaped or hemishperical, sometimes oblong when young, 2.5–4 mm long, 3 mm in diameter, with many florets. Outer florets tipped white to purplish. Flowers in narrowly pyramidal many-flowered clusters. Flowers mostly late summer and autumn.

Conyza bilbaoana in PlantNET.

General Biosecurity Duty all NSW (as Conyza.species)

PlantNET description (as Conyza bilbaoana):   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Conyza~bilbaoana. (accessed 1 May 2021)