Photographs: Cork airport, Co. Cork

Canadian Fleabane Erigeron canadensis (Conyza canadensis) Family: Asteraceae Flowering: June-October. Annual. Introduced. Heads of small, whitish-yellow, groundsel-like flowers. Pale-green narrow leaves, margins with well-spaced hairs. Erect stems, slightly hairy, to 1m An infrequent casual in Dublin, Belfast, occasional elsewhere on waste ground, roadsides and near ports. Identification confirmed by Paul Green. Similar: Hispid Fleabane, Erigeron floribundus (Conyza bilbaona). Taller, to 140cm with brittle stems, the corolla usually 5-lobed

Canadian Fleabane, Erigeron canadensis, (Conyza canadensis)