Arctotis elongata Thunb.

Perennial, woody herb, stems decumbent, 0.2-0.5 m high. Leaves oblanceolate or lyrate-pinnatifid with two vestigial lateral lobes, 30-125 x 3-36 mm, grey-tomentose on both surfaces. Involucre: base conical, bracts in many rows, outer bracts acuminate, grey-tomentose, apex erect or shortly reflexed. Ray florets female, fertile, limb yellow. Disc florets many, outer florets hermaphrodite, inner florets male or sterile, corolla black. Filaments smooth. Flowering time mainly Mar.-Nov. Pappus of scales in 2 unequal series, inner series much longer than outer series, apex rounded-obtuse, longer than cypsela. Cypselae obconical, adaxial side woolly-tomentose, abaxial side glabrous with 3 wings of equal length forming 2 broad obovate-undulate cavities, lateral wings dentate, basal ring of hairs longer than cypsela.