Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Erigeron conyzoides
Common name
Daisy Fleabane
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Woodland and rocky sites. Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Perennial herb to about 1 m high, with annual stems. Stems hairless, minutely sticky hairy below the flower heads. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2–13 cm long, 3–12 mm wide, margins sometimes purplish, margins entire or the lowermost leaves toothed. Flower heads with many pale purple to white ‘petals’ in one to several rows, each 1.5–8 mm long, more or less erect. Flower heads below the ‘petals’ 3-8 mm long, 10-20 mm in diameter, hemispherical or bell-shaped. Flower heads in open clusters, appearing single. Flowering: Jan.–Apr.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description with line drawings: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Erigeron~conyzoides (accessed 14 January, 2021)
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