An erect stem covered with spreading hairs and bearing flower heads with at least 40 tightly packed, white to pale pink rays surrounding a yellow central disk.

Head 1/2" wide; rays short in relation to width of central disk; bracts of equal length.

To 5" long, 2" wide, hairy, lanceolate, toothed.

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1-5'.

June-October.

Fields, roadsides, and waste places.

The common name fleabane originated from a belief that the dried flower heads of these plants could rid a dwelling of fleas. A similar weedy species, White-top Fleabane, has narrower leaves to 1" wide and shorter hairs pressed against the stem.