Description: Small herbaceous perennial, to 5 cm (2.0 in.) tall with a slender taproot. Leaves basal, whorled, elliptic to circular, to 4 cm (1.6 in.) long; leaf stalk with appressed hairs, often much longer than leaf.
Inflorescence with solitary radiate flower head; peduncles (flower stalks) leafless, hairy. Flower heads bear 15 - 40 ray florets, white to light rose,
4 - 6 mm (to 0.2 in.) long; disk florets yellow, less than 4 mm (0.15 in.) long. Fruit an achene, short hairy and 2-nerved, to 10 mm (0.4 in.) long; pappus of many bristles. Time of flowering: June to July.
Habitat: Occurs in bristlecone pine, mixed conifer, pinyon-juniper, and sagebrush communities; restricted to crevices in faces of limestone cliffs and large boulders. Elevations: 2,225 - 3,500 m (7,300 - 11,500 ft).
Range: Southern Nevada endemic. Known from Clark, White Pine, and Nye counties. In Clark County known to occur in the Spring Mountains (Kyle, Lee, and Carpenter canyons and Deer Creek), and in the Sheep Range.
Comments: Distinguished from other Erigeron species by its appressed hairs on leaf stalk and lower part of flowering stalk. In the MSHCP this species is listed as ssp. conjugans.