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
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY