Erigeron karvinskianus

Sprawling, rhizomatous, branched herb to c. 40 cm high. Leaves sparsely appressed-pubescent, the lower ones ovate to obovate in outline, usually 3–7-lobed to about midway, 30–60 mm long, 15–30 mm wide, grading to simple, narrow-elliptic or linear bracts of the peduncles. Capitula c. hemispherical; involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, 2–4 mm long, sparsely appressed-pubescent along the midrib; ray florets 2-seriate, with white to crimson ligules 3–5 mm long, widely spreading from summit of involucre. Cypselas flattened, oblong, c. 1 mm long, sparsely pubescent; pappus bristles mostly c. 2 mm long, interspersed with much shorter bristles. Flowers mostly Sep.–Dec.