fleabane

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Definition of fleabane in English English dictionary: {n} a plant of several species; One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas; They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria; any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas; {i} plant that destroys or repels fleas
blue fleabane: widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers
daisy fleabane: An eastern North American weed (Erigeron annuus) naturalized in Europe, having rayed, white to bluish flower heads grouped in corymblike panicles
daisy fleabane: widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb
philadelphia fleabane: especially pretty plant having a delicate fringe of threadlike rays around flower heads having very slender white or pink rays; United States and Canada
spreading fleabane: well-branched plant with hairy leaves and stems each with a solitary flower head with narrow white or pink or lavender rays; western North America

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