Xerochrysum palustre

Perennial rhizomatous herb, 30–100 cm high; stems simple (rarely 1–few-branched), erect, with arachnoid hairs confined to upper 5–15 cm, other-wise glabrescent. Leaves lanceolate-elliptic, 3–10 cm long, 3–8 mm wide, upper surface glabrescent but margins with arachnoid hairs, glands often absent; apex acute. Capitula solitary, terminal, 2.5–5.0 cm diam.; involucral bracts elliptic, 1–2.5 cm long, golden-yellow, smooth, apex acute; florets yellow, female florets few in a discontinuous outer series, sometimes apparently absent. Cypselas c. 3 mm long; pappus yellow, 5–8 mm long. Flowers Nov.–Mar.