Resembling no. 3 [Erigeron philadelphicus L.], but ± villous-hirsute, the hairs usually shorter, those of the upper part (to 1/2 or even more) of the stem sometimes appressed; stems slender, 1–4(–6) dm; basal lvs oblanceolate to obovate, sinuately lobed to subentire, 1–14 × 0.5–4 cm; cauline lvs ± reduced, sometimes clasping; heads 1–many, the infl more nearly naked than in no. 3; invol 2.5–4 mm, viscid-villous, the bracts darker than in no. 3; disk 5–10 mm wide; rays 100–250, to 5 × 0.5 mm, blue or light blue-lavender, varying to sometimes white or seldom pinkish; disk-cors 1.5–2.5 mm; pappus-bristles ca 10–15; 2n=18, 36. Moist, sandy places and pine woods; coastal plain from Va. to Tex.
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