Chrysocoma ciliata between flowering and fruiting

The Chrysocoma ciliata flowerhead usually has about four rows of involucral bracts, the one in picture hardly has more than one. It may be a different plant although the shrub seen otherwise met the features of the species. The fleshy bracts are narrow and thick, ending in pointed, pinkish tips.

Apart from C. ciliata there is also C. oblongifolia given as a separate species but sometimes also as a synonym. There are about 20 species of Chrysocoma in southern Africa, most with needle-like leaves and yellow disc florets only, so this is tricky and not quite resolved here (Curtis-Scott, et al, 2020; Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; http://redlist.sanbi.org).