Arctotis pinnatifida Thunb.

Perennial woody herb, stems decumbent or rhizomatous, 0.1-0.4 m high. Leaves shortly petiolate, pinnatifid or lyrate-pinnatifid, coriaceous, grey-green or ± glabrous above, white-tomentose below. Involucre: base rounded, outer bracts acuminate, apex linear, white-tomentose, reflexed. Ray florets female, fertile, limb white with basal yellow band and sometimes a black blotch. Disc florets many, outer florets hermaphrodite, inner florets male or sterile, corolla black. Filaments smooth. Flowering time mainly Aug.-Jan. Pappus of scales in 2 unequal series, inner series much longer than outer series, apex rounded-obtuse, longer than cypsela. Cypselae obconical, densely woolly-tomentose, 3 dentate abaxial wings forming 2 undulate-obovate cavities, basal ring of hairs longer than cypsela.