Common Fleabane
Common Fleabane, West Dorset
A loose corymb of capitula
Capitulum from outside inwards:
ring of female ray florets;
zone of disk florets with stigmas;
a zone of male disk florets with stamens;
a central zone of unopen florets
Close-up of disk floret tubes with 5 lobes;
and ray florets with ligules; pappus hairs
Close-up of florets with stigmas
Close-up of florets showing staminal
columns and floret lobes
Hairy stem and phyllaries
Unopen capitula
Colony showing downy stems and leaves
Wrinkly upper leaves
Lower leaves