Habit: Erigeron bellioides is a perennial herb up to 15 cm in height (usually less) Plants with leaves in a basal rosette until flowering time. Leaves then arranged alternately, lamina orbicular to ovate with the lamina decurrent along the petiole. to 4 cm in length and 4 cm wide (usually smaller), entire to slightly crenate, an acute leaf apex, and pubescent throughout.
There are both complete, perfect and incomplete imperfect (carpellate) flowers in solitary heads on individual pubescent scapes. More than one scape is produced by each individual. The heads contain numerous flowers and are subtended by an involucre composed of a series of linear phyllaries. The yellow perfect (disc) flowers are in the center and the imperfect (ray) flowers are arranged around the edge of the heads. Each flower is subtended by a bract. The calyx is modified as a ring of small projections (pappus).
The incomplete, imperfect, zygomorphic flowers have 3 white fused petals and no stamens. The complete, perfect, actinomorphic flowers have a corolla with 5 fused, yellow petals. There are 5 stamens fused at their base. In both types of flowers, the ovary is inferior with a single locule but only the imperfect flowers have functional ovules. The fruit is an achene at maturity that retains the modified few bristled calyx (pappus).
Habitat: Erigeron bellioides grows in the Bahamas in open wet areas often within Sabal palmetto Woodlands.
Distribution: Erigeron bellioides is native to the Lucayan Archipelago known to occur on Great Inagua as well as the Greater Antilles.
Medicinal/Cultural/Economic usage: Erigeron bellioides is not known to be used medicinally in the Bahamas.