Quinetia urvillei

Erect annual, 3–17 cm high. Leaves 10–25 mm long, c. 1.5–5.5 mm wide, c. spathulate when flattened but mainly conduplicate, inner surface less hairy than outer. Involucral bracts c. 3–5, narrowly elliptic or oblong, c. 5 mm long; corolla-tube c. 4.5–5 mm long, yellowish below but the limb and usually the lobes purplish. Cypselas 2.8–4 mm long; pappus bristles 3–8, 3.5–7 mm long, the upper part minutely barbellate. Flowers mainly Sep.–Nov.