Erigeron vernus is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name early white-top fleabane.

[3] It is native to the southeastern United States from Virginia to Louisiana.

[4] Erigeron vernus grows in moist locations in flatwoods and savannahs, and sometimes in ditches and by roadsides.

It is a biennial or perennial herb up to 50 centimeters (20 inches) tall, producing rhizomes and a woody underground caudex.

The inflorescence is made up of 1–25 flower heads in flat-topped arrays.