Ursinia heterodonta N.E.Br.

Perennial suffrutex, 0.3-0.5 m high. Leaf with apex unevenly 3-lobed, middle lobe recurved, mucronate, often much smaller than lateral lobes. Capitula solitary; peduncles long; involucral bracts outer without appendages, membrane-edged, acute; middle oblong, apex round; inner with round apical appendages. Paleae oblong. Ray florets yellow on both sides or coppery below. Flowering time Sep.-Dec. Pappus of 5 scales, white, elliptic, striate with brown spot towards base. Cypselae slightly curved, obconical, rugose, ribbed, base of cypsela with spiral wall thickening; length with pappus scales 2.1-2.7 mm.