fleabane

/ˌfliˈbeɪn/

Other forms: fleabanes

Definitions of fleabane

1. noun

   hairy perennial Eurasian herb with yellow daisylike flowers reputed to destroy or drive away fleas
   synonyms: Pulicaria dysenterica, feabane mullet

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2. noun

   any of several North American plants of the genus Erigeron having daisylike flowers; formerly believed to repel fleas
   types:

   Erigeron acer, blue fleabane

   widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers

   Erigeron annuus, daisy fleabane

   widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb

   Erigeron aurantiacus, orange daisy, orange fleabane

   mat-forming herb of Turkestan with nearly double orange-yellow flowers

   Erigeron divergens, 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

   Erigeron glaucous, beach aster, seaside daisy

   slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays; coastal bluffs Oregon to southern California

   Erigeron philadelphicus, 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

   Erigeron pulchellus, robin's plantain

   common perennial of eastern North America having flowers with usually violet-purple rays

   Erigeron speciosus, showy daisy

   plant having branching leafy stems each branch with an especially showy solitary flower head with many narrow pink or lavender or white rays; northwestern United States mountains

   type of:

   wild flower, wildflower

   wild or uncultivated flowering plant
3. noun

   common North American weed with linear leaves and small discoid heads of yellowish flowers; widely naturalized throughout temperate regions; sometimes placed in genus Erigeron
   synonyms: Canadian fleabane, Conyza canadensis, Erigeron canadensis, horseweed

   type of:

   weed

   any plant that crowds out cultivated plants