Erigeron karvinskianus DC.

Procumbent to ascending perennial herb. Stems ridged, sparsely hairy, becoming glabrous, much-branched, rooting, 15–70 cm long. Lvs mostly or all cauline at flowering; lower cauline lvs ovate-elliptic to elliptic or obovate-elliptic, apetiolate and cuneate, cuspidate, often 3-lobed with central lobe largest, sometimes with lateral lobes reduced to teeth at c. 1/2 length of lf, sometimes entire, usually sparsely hairy, sometimes moderately hairy or almost glabrous, often ciliate, (10)–15–40–(60) × (2)–5–15–(25) mm; uppermost lvs smaller, narrow-elliptic, not lobed. Capitula c. 15–25 mm diam., solitary or few in corymbs. Involucral bracts lanceolate, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 2.5–4 mm long. Ligules linear, usually white flushed with purplish pink, sometimes white, pink, or purple, 5–8 mm long. Disc yellow or brownish yellow. Achenes sparsely hairy, 1–1.4 mm long; pappus of 1 row of long hairs, sometimes with shorter hairs intermixed.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Sep.–May.