Calotis R.Br.

Involucre usually hemispherical. Cypselas angular, sometimes winged, mostly as long as broad. Barbellate awns 2–several Calotis
Pappus of rigid awns alternating with an equal number of scales
Awns barbed only distally. Cypselas glabrous
Pappus scales longer than broad. Body of the cypsela minutely but densely tuberculate, cuneate, flattened, 1.5–2.5 mm long; awns 4–5, unequally barbed at the tip. Lower leaves cuneate, c. 3 cm long and 8 mm wide, with 5–7 acute lobes near the tips; upper leaves narrower, sessile. Heads c. 2 cm diam. Rays blue, 7 mm long. Perennial up to 30 cm high. Higher Blue Mts Open forests and grasslands. Vulnerable Calotis glandulosa
Pappus scales broader than long. Cypsela with few large tubercles