CANADIAN FLEABANE

Class: Conyza canadensis

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Annual

Other Names: Horseweed

Colour: White to green or yellowish-white

Height: 20-100 cm (8-39 1/4")

Each Flower: Up to 5 mm (3/16") long with tiny ray-petals surrounding disc-flowers; bracts on involucre, green and smooth and almost as long as ray-petals; base of involucre rounded

Leaves: Many long, narrow, alternate leaves up to 10 cm (4") long, with hairy edges

Stems: Rigid, ridged, green, single below and branching at upper leaf-axils

Blooming Period: July - September

Habitat: Waste places and roadsides

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