Calotis R.Br.
Involucre usually hemispherical. Cypselas angular, sometimes winged, mostly as long as broad. Barbellate awns 2–several Calotis
Pappus of awns only; scales absent
Pappus awns of unequal length
Major pappus awns 2, erect; secondary awns 4 or more, horizontal; awns barbed distally, with hairs at the base. Basal leaves up to 6 cm long, cuneate, toothed or pinnatifid, sessile, up to 25 mm long. Involucre hemispherical, 3–6 mm diam.; bracts numerous, 2–3 mm long. Ray florets numerous; rays c. 3 mm long, yellow. Cypselas flattened, minutely tuberculate, c. 1.5 mm long. Widespread. Open forests and grasslands on heavy clay soils. Fl. all the year. Yellow Daisy Burr Calotis lappulacea
Major pappus awns 5–6, up to 4 mm long; secondary awns when present, c. 1 mm long, hairy. Leaves up to 18 cm long, linear to elliptic, toothed, pinnatifid or pinnatipartite; cauline leaves sessile, entire or toothed. Involucre hemispherical, 6–10 mm diam.; bracts numerous, up to 5 mm long, elliptic, acuminate. Rays white or mauve. Cypselas reddish-brown, 3–4 mm long, broad, cuneate, flattened. Stoloniferous, hairy perennial up to 40 cm high. Blue Mts Open forests and grasslands, often on heavy clay soils. Fl. most of the year Calotis scabiosifoliaintegrifolia