Photographs: Co. Cork

Common Fleabane Pulicaria dysenterica Lus buí na ndreancaidí Family: Asteraceae Flowering: August-September. Perennial. Native. Golden-yellow, disc-shaped flowers with tubular inner florets. The pappus hairs are unbranched. The stem-clasping leaves are oblong with slightly wavy margins. A branched, erect plant with soft downy hairs that can spread widely by means of many underground runners. Height to 1m. Grows on damp clay soils in ditches, hedgerows, fields and on roadsides

Common Fleabane, Pulicaria dysenterica, Lus búi na ndreancaidí