CANADIAN FLEABANE
Conyza canadensis
Daisy Family [Asteraceae] 
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Daisy Family [Asteraceae]
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| 27th July 2007, Hall Road, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| Given good soil it can grow to a metre high. |
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| 16th Aug 2008, Chester, Cheshire. | Photo: © RWD |
| A multitude of flowers at the ends of branched stems. |
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| 14th July 2007, Three Waters Meet, Bridgewater Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| sepals are finely ridged. Florets emerge no more than 1/3rd of the way oit rom the sepals like a miniature shaving brushes. |
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| 14th July 2007, Three Waters Meet, Bridgewater Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Branches from main stem are themselves branched. Leaves finely toothed, long, narrow and gradually tapered o a point. |
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| 14th July 2007, Three Waters Meet, Bridgewater Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Stems are ridged and have a few longish hairs, as do the leaves. |
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| 27th July 2007, Hall Road, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
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| 27th July 2007, Hall Road, Merseyside. | Photo: © RWD |
| Un-opened flower buds start off spherical. |
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| 10th Sept 2007, Plank Lane, Wigan Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
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| 10th Sept 2007, Plank Lane, Wigan Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| Outer florets white, inner ones yellow. No splayed-out ray florets. |
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| 14th July 2007, Three Waters Meet, Bridgewater Canal. | Photo: © RWD |
| The flowers are similar to those of Blue Fleabane, but the outer florets are white rather than blue. |
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| Roman Fort, Castlefields, Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Gone to seed. |
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| Roman Fort, Castlefields, Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| Where all the seeds have dispersed, leaving empty 'pepper'pots'. |
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| Roman Fort, Castlefields, Mcr. | Photo: © RWD |
| The seed clocks are hemi-spherical, fawnish off-white, and about a quarter of the diameter of Dandelion clocks. |
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Hybridises with:
Not to be confused with: Like Daisy, Common Fleabane contains the poisonous polyacetylene Lachnophyllum Ester.
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BSBI maps
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Daisy Family [Asteraceae]
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