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June 1, 2010
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Southeastern, New Hampshire
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The Eastern Daisy Fleabane is the most common fleabane in Southeastern, New Hampshire.
It grows in waste areas, by roadsides and in overgrown fields. It has a white (and
sometimes pink-tinged) flower rays (80-125 rays) surrounding a yellow disk made up of
100‘s of florets. The stem has noticeable hairs. The leaves are alternate up
the stem. They are hairy, lanceolate in shape and have some teeth (but not many). The
basal leaves are elliptic or round.
A very similar species is Prarie Fleabane (Rough Fleabane) (Erigeron strigosus).
Prarie Flebane tends to have fewer leaves on the stem. The stem hairs are less
noticeable since they are shorter and appressed against the stem. The leaves of
Prarie Fleabane are mostly hairless. In addition, the stem leaves of Prarie Fleabane
tend grow up to 1 inch wide, while Eastern Daisy Fleabane leaves grow to 2 inches in
width.
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