Hairy Fleabane

(Conyza bonariensis)

Hairy fleabane

Characteristics
Seedling Leaves Flowers Fruit
Hairy fleabane seedling Hairy fleabane leaves Hairy fleabane flowers Hairy fleabane fruit

Growing habit: Erect warm-season annual or biennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from shallow taproot

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, simple, narrow, ascending, lower leaves lobed/toothed

Reproduction: Numerous flowers at ends of stems, 10-20 disk florets; achene fruit

References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice