Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Erigeron bonariensis
Common name
Flaxleaf fleabane
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Grassy areas, disturbed sites and roadsides. Widespread.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 1 m tall. Stems striate, somewhat appressed hairy under longer, stiffly spreading hairs. Leaves basal and alternating up the stems, 2-12 cm long, 1-20 mm wide, surfaces hairy, often rough, margins toothed to lobed, sometimes the teeth obscure. Basal leaves withering early. Upper stem leaves entire. Flower heads 5-6 mm long, 8-12 mm wide, green, hemispherical to top shaped, with many florets, white to pink, sometimes tinged purple. Flower heads in clusters. Flowers all year.
Conyza bonariensis in PlantNET.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW (as Conyza.species)
PlantNET description (as Conyza bonariensis): http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Conyza~bonariensis (accessed 1 May 2021)
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