Wild flower
By Tinkerbelle
- 7 Aug, 2008
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I have no idea what this plant is, but it grows in profusion in the hedgerows near my home. The flowers are about 1 cm across.
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Its Fleabane Tinkerbelle &its a wildflower like u thought :)
7 Aug, 2008
Thank you Jacque. I wonder how it got its name? Any chance that it's an ancient cure for flea bites?
8 Aug, 2008
HI Tink- I found some info on the word fleabane at this link, thought you might be interested:
http://www.answers.com/topic/fleabane
WordNet: fleabane
The noun has 3 meanings:
Meaning #1: hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
Synonyms: feabane mullet, Pulicaria dysenterica
Meaning #2: any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
Meaning #3: common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
Synonyms: horseweed, Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis
9 Sep, 2008
Thank you Tasteyg, that's very interesting. So are they indigenous to North America too?
10 Sep, 2008
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its lovely
7 Aug, 2008