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A shrub up to 9 ft. high; bark fibrous; leaves opposite and alternate, obovate or oblong, 0.5 in. long, 1.5 in. wide, acute, cuneate at the base, glabrous, lateral nerves about 10, spreading, looping within the margin; petiole 2 lin. long, stout; peduncle 1.5-2 in. long; involucral bracts 4, broadly ovate or almost rotundate, 5 lin. long, chestnut-brown when dry; calyx-tube 6 lin. long, 0.5 lin. in diam., cylindrical, silky outside especially near the base, less densely so inside; lobes 3 lin. long, 1.25 lin. wide, ovate, obtuse; filaments filiform, 1 lin. long; anthers oblong,0.5 lin. long; ovary ovoid; style filiform, reaching nearly to the lower anthers; stigma globose.
Shrub or small tree. Leaves opposite, expanded. Flowers pink, in dense, pedunculate heads, subtended by involucre of 2-6 broad bracts. Sepals hairy, 5-lobed, lanceolate; hypanthium tube cylindric, often slightly curved. Petaloid floral outgrowths 0. Stamens 10, arising from hypanthium, of different lengths; anthers bright yellow, oblong. Disc fleshy, cupular, unequal-sided. Ovary sessile, 1-locular; ovule solitary, long hairs on upper part; style somewhat exserted; stigma green, globose, with glandular hairs. Flowering time Nov.-Feb. Fruit dry, enclosed in base of hypanthium.
Shrub or tree, up to 8(-15) m high. Leaves often at ends of branches; opposite or alternate; petiolate; blade ovate to elliptic, 30-90 x 20-50 mm, apex acute to obtuse, margins entire. Flowers: in a dense, pedunculate, terminal head, involucral bracts rigid, persistent, green changing to brown or black; petals absent; disc 1-2 mm high; calyx with tube silky hairy on outer surface, 10-30 mm long, lobes unequal, 4-8 x 1-2 mm, pale lilac, pink or white; Oct.-Jan.
Bracts (2)4(6), green, becoming chestnut-brown or black, coriaceous, 8–16 × 5–14 mm, ovate to almost orbicular, outer ones largest, ± hairy on the margins, especially at the apex, inner bracts hairy beneath in the middle part.
Shrub or tree, up to 8(-15) m high. Leaves often at ends of branches, opposite or alternate, petiolate. Inflorescence a dense, pedunculate, terminal head, involucral bracts rigid, persistent. Flowers pale lilac, pink or white.
Calyx tube silky villous outside, less densely inside, 10–30 mm long; lobes unequal, 4–8(10) × 1–2(3) mm, narrowly ovate, puberulous externally, less so internally.
Flowers 20–60, pale lilac, pink or white in dense heads; peduncle up to 8 cm long; receptacle flat, with bristles around the flower insertions.
Petiole (2)4–6 mm long; lamina (25)30–90(128) × (15)20–50(60) mm, broadly lanceolate to elliptical, acute to obtuse, subcoriaceous.
Ovary densely pilose at the top, otherwise glabrous; disk 1–2 mm tall; stigma usually exserted.
Stamens included or the upper exserted; filaments 0.5–1.5 mm long; anthers 1–1.5 mm long.
Fruit dry, enclosed at the base of the calyx tube.
Seeds ovoid, black, with crustaceous testa.
Shrub or tree up to 10(15) m high.
