15 cm ruler for scale

 
Stem leaf in above photo

Basal leaf in above photo

Single-stemmed perennial, woolly at base then pubescent, decreasing hairiness at top. Flower heads one to several in an open cluster. Flower colour mauve, flower measured to 25 mm diameter. Stem leaves clasping stem, decrease in size up the stem, stem leaf highlighted in photo above was 4.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. Basal leaves spatulate with winged petioles. Basal leaf measured at 75 mm wide and 17 mm wide.

This Erigeron can be identified by - heads many, ligules pink, stem leaves clasp the stem (Taxonomic Reminder for Recognizing Saskatchewan Plants).

Habitat is moist meadows and open woods in the Prairie and Parklands. Common

Height listed in Budd's Flora from 30-60 cm, we measured plants to 60 cm tall. 

Photos taken July 1st, moist roadside meadow, Boreal forest, about 450 km north east of our home in Regina, SK.