Arctotheca populifolia

Prostrate to ascending rhizomatous perennial to 30 cm high. Leaves long-petiolate, mostly cauline, broad-ovate, rhombic or triangular, mostly 2–6 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, entire, toothed or with a pair of small shallow basal lobes, surfaces grey- to white-tomentose, densely so beneath. Capitula hemispherical, 15–20 mm diam.; involucral bracts broad-lanceolate, 5–12 mm long, 3- or 4-seriate. Ligules 5–12 mm long, yellow; disc florets yellow. Cypselas 3–5 mm long, covered by white wool; pappus of 6–8 minute obtuse scales. Flowers most of year.