Name that plant
Details:
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Date Photo Taken
04 / 11 / 2014
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Season Photo Was Taken
Spring
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Region Photo Was Taken
Southeast
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City
Marietta
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State
Georgia
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Posted by
BobC
Notes:
I see these everywhere, but cannot find them on the internet. They are spreading in my front yard like crazy. The flowers start out as small clusters of buds. When open, they have frilly white skinny petals and a yellow center. I found a similar one that has white petals with pink/purple on the tips. It looks similar to a dandelion, but the flower color is different and the leaves are not as notched. It grows low to the ground in a rosette, but the hollow flower stalk grows straight up.
Comments
Claressa Unregistered says:
My Alabama Grandmother called it “bitterweed” because if the cows ate it you couldn’t drink the milk. I lost a gallon of ice cream and about six hours of my summer to bitterweed!
May 19th, 2015 at 11:31pm
JAN BROWN Unregistered says:
As a side note my Grandmother called it a red bug weed or sometimes a chigger weed as red bugs/chiggars were always on them. Gotta love Alabama Grandmothers!
April 21st, 2014 at 7:06am
JTH Unregistered says:
Thank you everyone for the help! They are cute, but taking over my lawn. Looks like I’m growing lettuce.
April 14th, 2014 at 2:24pm
stone Master Identifier says:
I would keep the flea banes… I think they’re cool… Some people have to purchase them… http://www.seedland.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=wfa0791
April 14th, 2014 at 8:37am
parityanimal Master Identifier says:
Maybe southern fleabane.
April 13th, 2014 at 9:58am
nativeplantgirl Leaf Lover says:
I think it’s annual fleabane (Erigeron annuus). http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=97
April 12th, 2014 at 4:54pm