Minnesota Seasons - Philadelphia fleabane

Conservation • Weed • Wetland • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Use • Distribution • Taxonomy


Conservation Status
IUCN Red List	not listed
NatureServe	N5 - Secure SNR - Unranked
Minnesota	not listed


Wetland Indicator Status
Great Plains	FAC - Facultative
Midwest	FACW - Facultative wetland
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC - Facultative

Photo by Luciearl

Description

The plant is usually no more than 36″ in height but occasionally gets much taller.

The leaves clasp the stem at the base.

Height

4″ to 36″

Flower Color

Pink to white ray florets, yellow disk florets

Similar Species

Habitat

Wet. Woods, shores, meadows.

Ecology

Flowering

May to August

Pests and Diseases

Use


Distribution
		Sources 2, 3, 5, 7, 24, 28, 29, 30. Biodiversity occurrence data published by: Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas (accessed through the Minnesota Biodiversity Atlas Portal, bellatlas.umn.edu, 6/7/2025).
6/7/2025

Nativity
Native

Occurrence
Common


Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae (green algae and land plants)
Subkingdom	Viridiplantae (green plants)
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)
Superdivision	Embryophyta (land plants)
Division	Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
Subdivision	Spermatophytina (seed plants) / Angiospermae (flowering plants)
Class	Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Asterales (sunflowers, bellflowers, fanflowers, and allies)
Family	Asteraceae (sunflowers, daisies, asters, and allies)
Subfamily	Asteroideae
Supertribe	Asterodae
Tribe	Astereae (asters and allies)
Subtribe	Conyzinae
Genus	Erigeron (fleabanes and horseweeds)
Section	Quercifolium
Species	Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)

Subordinate Taxa


Synonyms
Erigeron philadelphicus var. scaturicola Erigeron purpureus

Common Names
common Philadelphia fleabane Philadelphia fleabane


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Plant		Plant


Inflorescence		Flower head


Middle stem leaf		Middle stem leaf


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Philadelphia fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
Andree Reno Sanborn

Erigeron philadelphicus (Common Fleabane)
Allen Chartier

Erigeron philadelphicus PHILADELPHIA FLEABANE
Frank Mayfield

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Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus
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About

Published on Apr 28, 2012

Common Fleabane Erigeron philadelphicus

Erigeron philadelphicus
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About

Published on Jul 6, 2014

Philadelphia Fleabane - Ray flowers usually white with yellow disks. Sometimes the rays vary from pink to purple. A European cousin to this plant was believed to be an effective flea repellent when bunches of the plant were hung to dry about the house. Grows up to 70 cm in height.

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