Flaxleaf Fleabane
S4, Whole in Bud, Flower & Seed
Ellura
Flaxleaf Fleabane
S5, Bud
 
                 
Flaxleaf Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Sunflowers (Asterales)
Family: Daisy (Asteraceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Flaxleaf Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis)
This Photo:     🔍S2, Leaves🔎
Synonym: Conyza bonariensis

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), Coastal Areas and elsewhere
S2 was ~300mm tall; single stemed with flowers bunching at the top. S4 was considerably larger at ~500mm high & multi-stemmed.
The flowers don't have petals.
S2 was on Ellura, so we monitored it closely to see the buds turn into flowers (which we show here in the series with numbers of days from 1st photographed), but removed it before it went to seed. S4 was elsewhere already in seed when we found it.

Copyright © 2015-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Feb-2015
This species is classed as If (Foreign Introduction)