Family: Asteraceae, Aster view all from this family

Description Several evenly leafy woolly stems in a small patch are topped by a crowded, roundish cluster of flower heads with pearly-white bracts, sometimes with a dark spot at base of each outer bracts.
Flowers: heads about 1/4" (6 mm) long; flowers minute, on some plants with stamens only, on others only with pistils.
Leaves: to 5" (12.5 cm) long, narrowly lanceolate, underside densely hairy, top less so or even smooth and dark green.
Height: 8-36" (20-90 cm).

Flower June-September.

Habitat Commonly in forest openings but also along roadsides and in fields, from lowlands to high in the mountains.

Range Most of North America; south to New Mexico, southern California, Arizona, Kansas, and eastern United States.

Discussion The dried stalks with their pearly-white heads are attractive in floral arrangements.