Mexican Fleabane - Erigeron karvinskianus

A short to medium, loosely tufted and much branched plant with slender, slightly hairy stems. Leaves are wedge shaped or oval, often three lobed, short stalked, the uppermost narrower. Flowerheads daisy-like, 12 to 15 mm with slender pale purple, pink or white rays borne in lax, leafy, branched clusters.

Rocky places, dry habitats, pavements and walls. Sometimes planted, it has become naturalised in some parts of Britain.

Flowers June to September.

Perennial.

Occasional but quite widespread in England and in coastal areas of Wales.

Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.