Pteronia onobromoides flowerhead

The flowerheads of Pteronia onobromoides grow solitary at stem-tips. Consistent with Pteronia plants generally, there are no ray florets but numerous small, yellow disc florets. The florets are narrowly tubular, each ending in five spreading lobes.

Flowering happens in spring. The photo was taken in September.

After flowering the fruit pappuses are conspicuous as beige to brown fluffy clusters (Hulley, et al, 2010: Ethnobotany, leaf anatomy, essential oil composition and antibacterial activity of Pteronia onobromoides (Asteraceae). SA Journal of Botany 76(1):43-48; Le Roux, et al, 2005; Manning and Goldblatt, 1996; JSTOR; iNaturalist).