Podolepis robusta

Erect perennial herb, 20–60 cm high; stem single, unbranched, usually densely woolly, sometimes glabrescent towards base. Leaves glabrous and bright green; basal ones oblong to spathulate, to 20 cm long and 45 mm wide; cauline leaves oblong to narrow-elliptic, mostly 5–15 cm long, 5–25 mm wide, acute to acuminate. Capitula hemispherical, mostly 20–35 mm diam., 5–11 in dense cymes; peduncles 2–15 cm long; involucral bracts ovate, obtuse, scarious, smooth, shiny; intermediate bracts 8–13 mm long, with linear glandular claw c. as long as lamina; inner involucral bracts long-clawed. Florets bright yellow to orange; ligulate florets 30–40, 9–13 mm long, with 3–5 apical teeth to 2 mm long; disc florets numerous. Cypselas 2.5–3.5 mm long; pappus bristles 30–40, shortly connate, 4–8 mm long. Flowers Dec.–Mar.