Photo by Gary Kurtz
Annual Fleabane is an annual to biennial native wildflower in Wisconsin. It grows one to five feet tall. In spring, it produces aster-like flowers with yellow centers of tubular disk flowers. The flowers are about 1/2 to one inch wide in diameter, surrounded by 80 to 125 narrow, white to pale lavender rays. The leaves are alternate and sessile. The stems are green and sparsely hairy. The lower leaves are usually two to four inches long and can be up to two inches wide. The lower leaves are broader and coarsely toothed compared to the upper leaves, which are narrower, often without teeth, and can grow up to five inches long. It grows in pastures, abandoned fields, roadsides, and railways. (LS)