Athanasia trifurcata (L.) L.

Ascending to erect, many-branched, glabrous shrub, 1-2 m high. Leaves alternate, obovate to broadly obovate, mostly apically 3-toothed or-lobed, sometimes with more teeth or lobes, occasionally entire, ± glabrous (in EC). Capitula discoid, in simple or compound corymbs, pedunculate; involucre urceolate to somewhat cyathiform, rounded at base; bracts imbricate, oblong, obtuse, often bent outwards. Receptacle paleate, paleae oblong to square, apically irregularly lacerate. Disc florets tubular below, campanulate above, with basal ring of long-stalked glands on tube, yellow. Flowering time Sept.-Mar. Pappus absent. Cypselae cylindric, 10-ribbed, ribs apically often extended into minute teeth.