Family: Asteraceae Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris Flowering time: July-September. Annual or biennial. Native Grows on sandy or gravelly soils in dry pastures and waste ground The flowers have pale purple ray-florets and yellow disc-florets, the yellow achenes with long, reddish-white pappus. Erect reddish stems with clasping, narrow, unstalked leaves. The basal rosette of stalked leaves soon withers

Blue Fleabane, Erigeron acris
Slepe Heath, Dorset. July 2015