Pomax umbellata

Erect or ascending subshrub to 40 cm high, usually much-branched near base; stems terete, pubescent. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 4–30 mm long, 2–13 mm wide, acute, surfaces glabrous to hairy, margins recurved; petiole 1–10 mm long. Inflorescence usually terminal; peduncles of flower-like heads 5–12 mm long, c. as long as subtending leaves, hirsute, elongating in fruit. Flowers surrounded by a calyx-like cup 1.5–2 mm long, accrescent in fruit; calyx-lobes variable in size; corolla 2–3 mm long, papillate to hairy outside. Capsules obconical, to c. 4 mm long; seeds compressed-ovoid, 2–3 mm long, rugose, covered with many small white aggregates of hairs. Flowers Aug.–Nov.