| Scientific Name: | Erigeron glaucus |
| Common Name: | beach aster, seaside daisy |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Rock garden |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Lanceolate, Obovate, Spatulate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Apr-May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Moderately dense ground cover; leaves basal, mid-green, spatulate, purple-white at the base; heads with yellow disk florets and commonly pinkish to lavender ray florets. | |