Daisy Fleabane

 Erigeron annuus 

Siting Information

• Date: June 10, 2021
• Time: 1:30 p.m.
• Location: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (100 Museum Road, Stevens, PA 17578)
• Habitat: meadow restoration area
• Weather: approximately 75 degrees Fahrenheit, some clouds, humid

 

When we realized that the baby was getting too tired to manage, I spotted this flower.  Tons of thin white rays and a big yellow center... not quite an inch in diameter.  Full circle!  I found Fleabane again--the plant that had started my wildflower identification adventure!  I decided to take a quick picture to wrap things up nicely (isn't it fun when life 'works out' in this way?).  This is when I saw the leave pattern and thought I should do an actual identification.

 

 

Once again, an alternative leaf pattern.  The leaves were toothed in a very specific way.  They had a small but pronounced tooth just above the widest part of the leaf.  The stems were hairy, just like my Philadelphia Fleabane identification.  These leaves, though, were not clasping.  This allowed me to identify my first flower's close relative--Daisy Fleabane.

(Newcomb, 2011, p. 382)