Family: Asteraceae Bilboa Fleabane Erigeron floribundus (Conyza floribunda, Conyza bilbaoana) Flowering time: June-September. Annual. Neophyte Established and increasing on cultivated, waste and agricultural land and on roadsides, motorway embankments and in urban areas Panicles of small, erect, whitish flowers with 5-lobed corolla and hairless bracts. Seeds freely. Plants remain green until hard frost and have over-wintering leaf rosettes with more/less toothed leaves. Stems are brittle with narrow stem leaves. To 140cm tall Similar: Canadian Fleabane, E. canadensis and Guernsey Fleabane, E. sumatrensis

Bilboa Fleabane, Erigeron floribundus (Conyza floribunda)
Photographs: Kingston Lacy, Dorset. July 2020