Callilepis laureola flowerhead

The solitary or rarely up to four flowerheads of Callilepis laureola grow on long, bare, erect peduncles. The daisy-shaped heads have involucres with three rows of narrow bracts. The receptacle has boat-shaped scales.

Above the involucre one row of white, female ray florets spread around a disc of numerous dark purple to blackish, bisexual florets. The tiny disc florets are somewhat bell-shaped with lobes as long as the tubes and the anthers linear, the styles cylindrical. A flowerhead is about 6 cm in diameter.

The plants flower best after fire, mostly from late winter through spring. The pappus that follows is characterised by scale-like awns (Manning, 2009; Germishuizen and Clarke, 2003; Pooley, 1998; iNaturalist; https://pza.sanbi.org).