Common Fleabane - Pulicaria dysenterica
Medium, hairy, stoloniferous plant. Stems erect, branched above. Basal leaves wither by flowering time. Flowerheads daisy like, golden yellow 15 to 30 mm in lax flat topped clusters, rays numerous linear.
Damp habitats, water margins, wet ditches, marshes and wet meadows.
August and September.
Perennial.
Found throughout Britain except in Scotland.
It is fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland in suitable habitats. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 96 of the 617 tetrads
 Fosse Meadows (Taken 17.9.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
17 September 2008
Graham Calow
Sharnford
03 August 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
11 September 2012
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
02 August 2011
Graham Calow
Jubilee Walk, Leire
02 August 2011
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
06 September 2012
 Fosse Meadows (Taken 17.9.2008).JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Common Fleabane
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Asterales
- Family:
- Asteraceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 138
- First record:
- 01/01/2007 (Harry Ball)
- Last record:
- 30/09/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Burbage Common
31 July 2016
