Craspedia sylvestris

Rosetted perennial with 1 or 2 flowering scapes 50–70 cm high; roots, thick, spreading, woolly. Basal leaves spreading to ascending, very broadly spathulate, the blade 60–100 mm long, 20–40 mm wide, tapered to a rather distinct, red-tinged petiole 30–70 mm long; surfaces slightly rough with sparse multiseptate hairs and often with sparse woolly hairs on the margins; secondary veins conspicuous; scape leaves usually with broad amplexicaul bases. Inflorescence orange, c. globular 2–3 cm diam., with 40–70 capitula; scape often red-tinged, sparsely woolly. Capitula with 8–10 florets; bract subtending capitulum broadly ovate, margins membranous, dark brown or colourless, stereome broadly ovate, minutely glandular, base woolly. Cypselas 1–2 mm long, 0.2–1.5 mm wide; pappus 3–5 mm long Flowers summer.