General:
Annual herb from a taproot; stems erect, usually single, more or less glabrous, 0.2-1.0 m tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves linear to linear-lanceolate or the lowermost oblanceolate, stalked, 2-10 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, glabrous.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, numerous in an open, leafy, branched, usually cylindric inflorescence; involucres 3-4 mm tall; involucral bracts graduated, glabrous to sparsely stiff-hairy, with a conspicuous central glandular area and narrow, more or less papery margins; ray flowers white, numerous, inconspicuous, barely exceeding the pappus; disk flowers few.

Fruits:
Achenes stiff-hairy; pappus of dirty-whitish, slender hairs.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Flower Colour:
White

Blooming Period:
Indeterminate

Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the

Source:  The USDA

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Conyza canadensis var. glabrata (A. Gray) Cronquist
Erigeron canadensis var. glabratus Gray