![Imperfect Daisies[X] The flower in the photo may at first glance look like the Common Daisy, but it actually is the Daisy Fleabane! The difference is the Common Daisy has fewer, thicker petals, while the Daisy Fleabane has been likened to have the appearance of “a daisy cut into thousands of petals.”<br />
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The Daisy’s Fleabane is also known as the “prairie fleabane” and is Erigeron strigosus, not Erigeron Annuus. Annual fleabane,Daisy,Daisy Fleabane,Erigeron Strigosus,Erigeron annuus,Erigeron strigosus,Geotagged,Prairie Fleabane,Prairie fleabane,United States,flowers,wildflower](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3557/74415_medium.jpeg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=fwegh%2FBx9FNH5rVRdJ4bd35%2BqOQ%3D)
Imperfect Daisies[X]
The flower in the photo may at first glance look like the Common Daisy, but it actually is the Daisy Fleabane! The difference is the Common Daisy has fewer, thicker petals, while the Daisy Fleabane has been likened to have the appearance of “a daisy cut into thousands of petals.”
The Daisy’s Fleabane is also known as the “prairie fleabane” and is Erigeron strigosus, not Erigeron Annuus.

''Erigeron strigosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common names prairie fleabane, common eastern fleabane, and daisy fleabane.
''Erigeron strigosus'' is native to eastern and central North America as far west as Manitoba, Idaho and Texas. It has also become naturalized in western North America as well as in Europe and China as a somewhat weedy naturalized species.
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