Foveolina dichotoma (Dc.) Källersjö

Pubescent, annual herb, 0.07-0.50 m high. Leaves alternate, bipinnatisect. Capitula discoid, solitary, long pedunculate; involucre hemispherical or spherical; bracts in 3-5 rows, apically obtuse, with scarious margins, without central resin canal. Receptacle flat to convex-conical, epaleate. Disc florets bisexual, 4-or 5-lobed, number of lobes varying within same species; corolla tube of thin texture, often dilated at base; limb campanulate, partly enervate, yellow. Flowering time Aug. Pappus white and spongy, auriculate or pappus sometimes absent. Cypselae white, adaxially ± flat with 2 lateral rows of 3-5 small cavities, pericarp spongy and almost transparent abaxially, thus revealing dark brown colour of testa.