Annual to 50 cm. Leaves pinnatisect or bipinnatisect, 20-50 mm long. Flower heads radiate, solitary at branch tips, yellow or orange, sometimes with a dark ring and darker on reverse, 15-60 mm diam.; pappus scales 5, uniseriate.
For description of subspecies occurring in Australia see Ursinia anthemoides (L.) Poir. subsp. anthemoides.