Ontario Weeds: Rough fleabane

Table of Contents

1. Name
2. Other Names
3. Family
4. General Description
   • Photos and Pictures
5. Stems and Leaves
6. Flowers and Fruit
7. Habitat
8. Related Links

Name: Rough fleabane, Erigeron strigosus Muhl.,

Other Names: vergerette rude, Daisy fleabane, Rough daisy fleabane, vergerolle rugueuse, érigéron hispide

Family: Composite or Aster Family (Compositae) 

General Description: Very similar to Annual fleabane

Photos and Pictures

Rough fleabane.

Stems & Leaves: Differing from Annual fleabane by having smaller, narrower, darker green leaves which are slightly rough with short stiff hair; only the basal and lower stem leaves having a few shallow teeth, the middle and upper leaves usually very narrow and without teeth.

Flowers & Fruit: The flower heads averaging slightly smaller in size and in numbers of ray florets.

Habitat: It occurs throughout Ontario and is distributed in similar habitats as Annual fleabane.

Related Links

... on general Weed topics
... on weed identification, order OMAFRA Publication 505: Ontario Weeds
... on weed control, order OMAFRA Publication 75: Guide To Weed Control

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