: any of various composite plants (especially of the genus Erigeron) that were once believed to drive away fleas
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Recent Examples on the WebAmong the tall leggy sunflowers, look for thistle, globemallow and fleabane. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2022 Khumalo collaborated with local Cape Town artist Shakil Solanki on a series of prints that depict cotton and a type of wildflower called Philadelphia fleabane. Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2020 Early South Florida settlers stuffed oakleaf fleabane, a tiny lavender wildflower, into their mattresses to ward off fleas. Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 4 May 2017