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Biennial to short-lived perennial 2–7 dm, pubescent with long, spreading hairs, varying to subglabrous; basal lvs narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, coarsely crenate-toothed or lobed, rounded above, seldom over 15 × 3 cm; cauline lvs clasping, mostly oblong or ovate, ± reduced; heads 1–many; invol 4–6 mm, ± hirsute with flattened hairs, or subglabrous; disk 6–15 mm wide; rays mostly 150–400, 5–10 mm, 0.5 mm wide or less; deep pink or rose-purple to white; disk-cors 2.5–3.2 mm; achenes 2-nerved; pappus of ca 20–30 bristles; 2n=18. Various habitats, widespread in N. Amer., and throughout our range, somewhat weedy, varying in size with the habitat. (E. purpureus; E. provancheri)
A herb. It grows 15-80 cm tall. It can live for a few years. The leaves near the base are hairy and 15 cm long. They clasp the stem. The stem is hairy and has smaller leaves. The flowers heads have about 150 tightly packed pink or purple ray flowers around yellow disk flowers.
