Photographs: Cork city, Co. Cork

Bilbao Fleabane / Hispid Fleabane Erigeron floribundus (Conyza bilbaona) Family: Asteraceae Flowering most of the year. Annual. Introduced. Panicles of small, erect, whitish flowers, 5-lobed corolla. Hairless bracts. Seeds freely. Plant remains green until hard frost and often still flowering in January. Brittle stems. Narrow stem leaves. Over-wintering leaf rosettes, more/less toothed. Height to 140cm and usually larger than Canadian Fleabane, E. canadensis Casual, but increasing and establishing on waste ground, roadsides, pavements, walls and on tracks in conifer plantations. First recorded in Dublin 1984-85. Identification confirmed by Paul Green.

Bilbao Fleabane, Erigeron floribundus