Perennial herb or subshrub, up to ± 0.6 m high. Leaves deltoid-reniform to reniform, distinctly 5-7-lobed; glabrous, rarely sparsely hairy below, auricles small or conspicuous, auriform. Capitula few (2-12) to many (14-90) per stem branch, usually in a lax panicle; peduncles 2-65 mm long, glabrous; involucral bracts (5-)8-10(-13), glabrous. Ray florets (3-)5(-8). Disc florets (7-)16-28(-43). Flowering time Aug.-Jan. (winter rainfall area), May-July (summer rainfall area). Cypselae narrow-winged, brown with paler wing, ciliate and variously hairy on faces.
Herb, up to 1 m high. Leaves reniform in outline, glabrous; petioles of upper leaves with small auricles. Achenes hispid, ciliate on margins. Flowers yellow; February to July and in November.
Like C. geifolia but often ± glabrous, leaves more deeply lobed and flower heads smaller, usually with 7 or 8 involucral bracts and < 6 rays.