Actinotus Labill.
Flowers numerous, crowded, surrounded by radiating involucral bracts exceeding the flowers, the whole resembling a head. Fruit undivided Actinotus
Peduncles more than 2 cm long
Involucre more than 15 mm diam.; bracts white to pink, silky hairy. Petals small, spathulate, with slender claws. Leaves 3–5-partite; segments much incised, with acute lobes. Calyx truncate or sinuate. Loose decumbent herb with stems up to 50 cm long. Blue Mts DSF and heath. Fl. spring–autumn Actinotus forsythii
Involucre rarely exceeding 12 mm diam.; bracts white, tomentose. Petals absent. Leaves 3-partite; segments entire or lobed, acute, glabrous on the upper surface, silky or white-tomentose underneath. Calyx lobes acute. Sprawling herb with stems up to 50 cm long. Widespread. Heath and DSF. Sandy soils. Fl. most of the year. Lesser Flannel Flower Actinotus minor