Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (29/06/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield (front of house). Argentine has red-tipped bracts.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (26/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Guernsey and Bilbaos Fleabane are taller and more substantial plants. This is darker green than the other Fleabanes.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (24/08/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Makro shot again showing the red-tipped bracts.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (26/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Makro shot. In full flower now - yellow stamens, pollen-tipped anthers. Bilbao's calyx instead is less hairy.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (09/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). My hand showing the small size of this specimen (Guernsey & Bilbaos are much larger).
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (29/06/2020) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). It has more grass-like leaves than the other Fleabanes giving the leaves a twisty-curly appearance.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (26/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house).
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (26/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Less of a basal rosette than other Fleabanes.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (09/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). The grass-like leaves - the whole plant is pretty hairy.
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (26/06/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Greyish-wite plumes (Guernsey & Bilbao have yellowy-white plumes).
Argentine Fleabane (Erigeron bonariensis) (24/08/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house).
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/09/2021) Field on footpath leading to Small Dole high street, Henfield, W Sussex. The just visible ray florets are often red-tipped (it is the bracts that are red-tipped in Argentine Fleabane, not the ray florets).
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/09/2021) Field on footpath leading to Small Dole high street, Henfield, W Sussex. Bracts are less hairy than Guernsey and Argentine. You can clearly see the red tinge to the tips of the ray florets here, but not all of them do.
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/09/2021) Field on footpath leading to Small Dole high street, Henfield, W Sussex. Classic very densly flowered (other fleabanes not as densly flowered) and not as bright green.
Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank).
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/10/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Guernsey Fleabane is said to have a pyramidal inflorescene (wider at the bottom) but Bilbao's inflorescence gets wider at the top from a narrow base as here.
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/09/2021) Field on footpath leading to Small Dole high street, Henfield, W Sussex. Bilbaoes leaves have forwardly pointed hairs as here.
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/09/2021) Field on footpath leading to Small Dole high street, Henfield, W Sussex. Stems less hairy than other fleabanes.
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/10/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Brighter green than Guernsey or Argentine Fleabanes is evident here.
Bilbao's Fleabane (Erigeron floribundus) (06/09/2021) Field on footpath leading to Small Dole high street, Henfield, W Sussex. Diingy plumes (Argentine's are greyer, and Guernseys paler).
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Dull, greyish-green colour (Bilbao Fleabane is a brighter green and has red-tipped outer florets, Argentine darker and tends to have red-tipped outer florets).
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2022) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Makro shot of unopened inner-florets.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Dingey-white outer florets (Argentine are white, Bilbaos are often red-tipped). You can just make out the actual petals in the inner florets.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Hairy bracts plus absence of any red tips of either bracts or the outer florets.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). The phyllaries tend to be thinner and longer (with less of a goblet shape) than other Fleabanes.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Its outer florets can be quite long, or shorter but normally longer than the other Fleabanes.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (06/10/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank). Classic pyramidal shape (Argentine is a smaller plant and Bilbaos inflouresence gets chunkier and more densley flowered at the top from a narrow base).
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (11/08/2022) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Really obvious here is the pyramidal shape which is just developing on this growing specimen.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (11/08/2022) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). A young plant not really grown to its pyramidal shape yet.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (27/08/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Another example of the pyramidal giss of the plant.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (11/08/2022) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive).
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (24/08/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Note the lower leaves have teeth but the upper ones less so or none.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (24/08/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). Lower leaves (plant tends to darken from its dull/pale green as it ages).
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (06/10/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Leaves are wider than other fleabanes.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (24/08/2021) Southbank Barn, New Hall Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (front of house). It's a hairy plant.
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (06/10/2021) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive). Dingy yellow plumes (Bilbao's are similar, Argentine's are greyer).
Guernsey Fleabane (Erigeron sumatrensis) (16/09/2023) Southbank Equestrian, Henfield (arena bank alongside drive).