Fleabane | Cartwheel Bay (S.C.)

• Erigeron annus
• White composite flower
• Tufted white weed
• Member Sunflower Family
• Name originated in belief that dried flowers could rid fleas
• Erect stem covered with spreading hairs bearing flower heads
• White to pink ray flowers surrounding yellow disk flowers
• Long, hairy toothed leaves
• Found along roadsides, fields and waste places

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