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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Philadelphia Fleabane
  • Common Fleabane
  • Fleabane Daisy

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Location: IL
Date: 2018-06-05
Location: IL
Date: 2018-06-05
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-06-16
Photo by sooby
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 25, 2022
Philadelphia Fleabane #137; RAB page 1068, 179-44-5; LHB page 100
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-08
Location: Southern Michigan
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 2, 2023
Philadelphia Fleabane #137; RAB page 1068, 179-44-5; LHB page 100
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2014-07-10

Date: c. 1913
illustration from Britton and Brown's 'An illustrated Flora of th
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Date: 2018-07-08
Location: Fairfax, VA| June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-18
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 2, 2023
Philadelphia Fleabane #137; RAB page 1068, 179-44-5; LHB page 100
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 2, 2023
Philadelphia Fleabane #137; RAB page 1068, 179-44-5; LHB page 100
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2012-07-06
Location: Southern Pines, NC
Date: April 25, 2022
Philadelphia Fleabane #137; RAB page 1068, 179-44-5; LHB page 100
Location: IL
Date: 2018-05-28
Location: IL
Date: 2018-05-28
Location: Vermont
Date: 2014-06-16
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2012-07-06
Location: Tuttle Marsh Wildlife Area, Oscoda, MI
Date: 2012-07-06
Location: Fairfax, Virginia (April 2022)
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2013-06-18

photo credit: Nadiatalent
Location: North Texas
Date: 2010-05-30
Location: Pappy Elkins Park.
Date: Summer 2000
A patch in the prairie.
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Location: Whitesboro, NY (Utica area)
Location: IL
Date: 2018-05-28
Location: IL
Date: 2018-05-28
Photo by SongofJoy
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-22
stem - note the clasping leaves along it
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-22
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: April, 2011
Growing beneath an oak tree
Location: Pappy Elkins Park.
Date: Summer 2000
This is a lovely little daisy.
Comments:
  • Posted by wildflowers (North East Texas - Zone 7b) on Dec 4, 2011 6:31 PM concerning plant:
    Considered a weed by some, the pretty little daisy-like wildflower blooms in April. It’s native to Texas and most of the U.S. and is found growing along roadsides and in fields and woodlands. Biennial or short-lived perennial plant grows up to 2½' and unbranched, except near the inflorescence. The pollen or nectar of the flowers attracts many kinds of insects, including long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, skippers, beetles, Carpenter bees, Nomadine Cuckoo bees, Green Metallic bees and other Halictine bees, Eumenine wasps, Tachinid flies, and Thick-Head flies. Caterpillars of the Lynx Flower Moth eat the flowers and seed capsules.
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 22, 2020 4:57 PM concerning plant:
    Range: Throughout the United States and most of Canada.
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