[3] Erigeron strigosus is native to eastern and central North America as far west as Manitoba, Idaho and Texas.

[4][5][6] Erigeron strigosus is an annual or biennial herb reaching heights of up to 80 cm (32 inches).

It has hairy, petioled, non-clasping, oval-shaped leaves a few centimeters long mostly on the lower part of the plant.

One plant can produce as many as 200 flower heads in a spindly array of branching stems.

Each head is less than a centimeter (0.4 inches) wide, containing 50–100 white, pink, or blue ray florets surrounding numerous yellow disc florets.