Seasonal Wild Flowers

Mexican Fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Asteraceae

The main flowering season is from April to October, but flowering

can occur all year round. particularly in the South in mild winters.

It is widespread in the South and West, scattered elsewhere and

decreasing towards the North.

For a map see the National Biodiversity Network Gateway

Mexican Fleabane is a naturalised escape (since the 1890s).

It is found on walls, cliffs, in cracks in walls, rocks and

pavements, especially by water.

Mexican Fleabane is a perennial herb that forms multicoloured,

prostrate, spreading colonies, growing up to 50cm.

It has a mixture of pink, white, purple and blue daisy-like

flowers, which are approximately 2cm across.

Leaves are lanceolate.

Flowers en masse

Individual flowers

Clump on wall overhanging stream