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Daisy Fleabane
Erigeron philadelphicus		  
Family Aster  (Asteraceae)
Bloom Spring, Summer, Fall
Habitat Roadsides, Fields
Status Native
Cycle Annual
Height 5-10"
Flower Small white or pink flower heads with up to 40-100 tiny petals (ray flowers) with a yellow center (disk flowers).  Individual plants can hold up to 30 flowers.
Leaf Leaves are thin, hairy, finely toothed, lance-shaped which alternate along a hairy stem.
Notes This is one of the first asters to bloom in the spring and continues to flower through the autumn.

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