Dimorphotheca spectabilis Schltr.

Herba perennis 2-3 dm alta; caules pauci vel rarius singulares e caudice subterraneo lignoso usque 1 cm crasso exeuntes erecti vel adscendentes simplices vel parum ramosi glabri striati vel leviter angulati basi lignescentes usque supra medium foliati, internodiis 0.5-2 cm longis. Folia alterna membranacea linearia-lineari-oblonga-anguste spathulata usque 7 cm longa usque 0.8 cm lata apice rotundata vel obtusa vel rarius acuta basi in caulem decurrentia viridia vel glauca glabra vel subglabra margine ± scabrido-ciliata integerrima vel leviter sinuato-dentata 1-nervia. Capitula in apicibus caulium et ramorum solitaria pedunculata; pedunculi 2-6 cm longi glandulosoasperi-hirti(-puberuli) vel glabri nudi. Involucri squamae c. 20 subbiseriatae fere aequilongae lanceolato-lineares 12-16 mm longae 1.5-3 mm latae acuto-acuminatae per medium dorsum glanduloso-scabridae-hirtae(-puberulae) vel glabri margine sat late albido-scariosae. Flores radii steriles involucri squamas numero aequantes; ligulae aurantiacae-luteae involucrum duplo superantes; stylus normaliter nullus (rarissime stylus indivisus vel breviter bifidus estigmatosus adest); staminodia 4 semper adsunt. Flores disci fertiles numerosissimi involucro 2-4 mm breviores; corollae inferne flavae superne atrofuscae lobis ovato-triangularibus, florum interiorum dorso sub apice gibbosis cuculliformibus; stylus apice in ramos brevissimos semicylindricos margine stigmatosos apice semiconicos divisus. Achaenia disci glabra lateribus applanata obcordata-suborbicularia margine incrassata apice emarginata.