Chrysocephalum Walp.
Corollas shorter than involucre. Cypsela not ribbed Chrysocephalum
Leaves usually oblong-cuneate to lanceolate (cauline leaves sometimes linear), up to 5 cm long, 10–25 mm wide, usually with a silvery tomentum. Involucre broadly turbinate to globular, 3–10 mm diam.; bracts numerous, bright yellow, usually radiating. Florets as long as the involucre. Cypselas glabrous, 1 mm long. Pappus hairs few, 4–5 mm long. Perennial up to 50 cm high. Widespread. Grasslands and forests on better soils. Fl. spring–summer Chrysocephalum apiculatum
Leaves usually linear, without a silvery tomentum, up to 5 cm long, 1–2 mm wide. Involucre 6–7 mm diam.; bracts yellow, usually radiating. Florets as long as the involucre. Cypselas glabrous or papillose. Pappus bristles c. 4 mm long. Aromatic perennial up to 60 cm high. Widespread. Grasslands and forests on better soils. Fl. spring–summer Chrysocephalum semipapposum