Common Name: fleabane, poor-robin, robin plantainScientific Name: Erigeron pulchellus Michx.Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cyclenative perennial, reproducing by seed and stoloniform rhizomes Stemsupright reproductive scapes, densely hairy, hollow Leavesbasal leaves obovate to oblanceolate and toothed or slightly lobed; stem leaves alternate, small, lanceolate or oblanceolate, occasionally slightly toothed, bases clasping, all with soft hairs Flowersheads of pale purple to pale pink (sometimes fading to white) rays (ligulate) florets surrounding a center of a yellow disk (tubulate) florets; solitary or in small clusters