Tolpis barbata (L.) Gaertn.

Annuals to c. 0.6 m high, with appressed-cobwebby or woolly indumentum on stems and capitula, becoming glabrous, with sparse to dense septate hairs on leaves, or leaves ± glabrous. Basal leaves often persistent at anthesis, to c. 11 cm long, with l:w ratio c. 4, undivided or antrorsely lobed, attenuate at base, entire, denticulate or dentate; cauline leaves 1–4, becoming somewhat narrower upwards, attenuate at base. Capitula 2–7; peduncle of primary capitulum to c. 3 cm long, c. 1 mm diam.; peduncle of lateral capitula to 12 cm long, mostly c. 0.3–0.6 mm diam.; involucre 8–10 mm long, c. 2–4 mm diam.; outer bracts 15–25, divergent, linear, 8–10 mm long, setaceous; inner bracts c. 16–22, c. 5 mm long, often developing tubercles on midrib, with hyaline margin distinct and vestigial in alternate bracts. Florets: ligule c. 2–5 mm long, yellow with a purple band or entirely purple in central florets; style hairs pale. Achenes c. obloid, 1.3–1.7 mm long, not tapering distally; marginal achenes housed within concavity of hardened inner bract at maturity, densely brown-hairy; central achenes with numerous close-spaced ribs, glabrous. Pappus white; pappus of marginal achenes c. 0.4 mm long, of scales of varying length; pappus of central achenes 3–5 mm long; bristles 2–4, wider at base, scabridulous; intervening shorter scales more numerous, c. 0.3 mm long.

Grows on roadsides and other disturbed sites in woodland and forest.

The leaves at the base are used raw in salads or cooked in stews.