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Genus Chrysocephalum Family Asteraceae

Description: Annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs.

Leaves alternate, cauline leaves, glandular hairy with entire margins, sessile.

Heads terminal, solitary or clustered together in groups of up to 6; heads hemispherical; involucral bracts membranous, transparent, yellow or brown, without an herbaceous base; receptacle flat, scales absent. Florets mainly tubular bisexual, yellow. Anthers with a concave apical appendage, and short tails. Style branches truncate, the inner surfaces papillose.

Achenes terete, with small glandular papillae; pappus of free bristles, entirely barbellate or subplumose at the base or apex.


Distribution and occurrence: World: 8 species, endemic Australia. Australia: all States.

Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept:

Taxa not yet included in identification key
Chrysocephalum vitellinum

 Key to the species 
1Leaves spathulate to obovate, 10–25 mm wide at the broadest pointChrysocephalum apiculatum
Leaves linear to lanceolate, usually less than 4 mm wide2
2Heads in clusters of 3 or more; involucral bracts varying in sizeChrysocephalum baxteri
Heads solitary, terminal on leafy branches; involucral bracts all approximately equal in length
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3
3Achenes densely papillose; involucral bracts with very short cilia on the margins of the herbaceous baseChrysocephalum pterochaetum
Achenes glabrous or sparsely papillose; involucral bracts with long woolly hairs on the margins of the herbaceous base
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4
4Heads 7–15 mm diam.; intermediate involucral bracts the longestChrysocephalum apiculatum
Heads 6–7 mm diam.; inner involucral bracts the longest
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Chrysocephalum semipapposum

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