Spreading Fleabane
Erigeron divergens
Spreading fleabane is a soft, much-branched western annual smothered for months in small white-to-lavender daisies, an easy, drought-tolerant pioneer and steady nectar plant for dry, open ground.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- biennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- pink, yellow, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Erigeron species
- Philadelphia Fleabane (Erigeron philadelphicus)
- Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus)
- Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)
- Oakleaf Fleabane (Erigeron quercifolius)
- Cutleaf Daisy (Erigeron compositus)
- Aspen Fleabane (Erigeron speciosus)