Common Fleabane

(Erigeron philadelphicus)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers

Growth habits: Erect biennial or short-lived perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot

Leaf anatomy: Lower leaves in rosette and narrowly obovate/crenate/dentate; upper leaves smaller, alternate, oblong, round-based, decreasing in size apically

Reproduction: Ray flowers pink to rosy or whitish, disc corollas; light-brown achene fruit w/pappus

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}