Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, Lus gorm na ndreancaidí
Photographs: Co. Wexford

Blue Fleabane
Erigeron acris (Erigeron acer)
Lus gorm na ndreancaidí
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering July - September. Annual or biennial. Native.

Flowerheads with pale purple ray-florets and yellow disc-florets. Yellow achenes with long, reddish-white pappus. Stalked leaves in basal rosettes but these soon wither. Erect reddish stems with narrow, clasping and unstalked stem leaves. Height 8-40cm.

Mainly found in central and south-east Ireland on sandy or gravelly ground, dry pastures and waste ground.

Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, Lus gorm na ndreancaidí

Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, Lus gorm na ndreancaidí
Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris, Lus gorm na ndreancaidí

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