Cotula turbinata L.

Annuals to c. 40 cm high. Stems moderately hairy, with hairs spreading. Leaves to c. 5 cm long, 1-or 2-pinnatisect, with spreading hairs. Capitulum 5–10 mm diam.; peduncle mostly 4–10 cm long, c. 0.5 mm wide (pressed specimens), with distalmost 3–8 mm obconical at maturity, hirsute at anthesis with hairs antrorse-divergent, glabrous distally; involucral bracts c. 10, broadly ovate, 2–3 mm long, acute to obtuse. Marginal florets numerous, c. 1-seriate, with pedicels to c. 1 mm long. Intermediate florets numerous, c. 1-seriate, bisexual; ligule c. 2 mm long, white and usually abaxially purple. Disc florets bisexual, very numerous, with pedicels hardly longer than wide; corolla tubular, c. 1 mm long; limb yellow. Achenes of female florets c. 1.5–2 mm long; faces broadly elliptic, glabrous or papillose; wings fleshy, c. as broad as body. Achenes of disc florets 1.0–1.3 mm long; faces obovate-oblong, glabrous.

Grows in sandy and loamy soils in disturbed sites, including roadsides and lawns.