Friday, July 21, 2006

Philadelphia Fleabane

Common Name: Philadelphia Fleabane
Latin Name: Erigeron philadelphicus

Up this close and personal to a Philadelphia Fleabane, you may not realize this is often a very common weed and if you saw it in your garden you would rip it out immediately. It is very much a weed you don't want growing in your back yard. But I do see a delightful beauty here - growing at the side of a construction site when there is nothing but dirt to see, then these flowers stand out. Besides just being a flower in pinkish/purple it can also been seen more commonly in it's white version. Depending on where this plant is growing it functions as a bi-ennial or a perennial.

Blooms: April to August
(Picture taken June, 25th, 2006)

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