''Calocephalus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, where it is represented in every state.''Calocephalus''.
PlantNET. National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. These are annual and perennial herbs and

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

s. The leaves are arranged alternately or oppositely, or both. The herbage is hairy.

Flower heads A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"; ) is an inflorescence that resembles a flower. The word is sometimes used for other structures that are neither a true flower nor a true inflorescence. Examples of pseudanthia include flower heads, compos ...

occur at the tips of the stems. There are one to 22 tubular disc florets per head. The fruit is a cypsela with a pappus of narrow scales or simple or plume-like bristles. ; Species''Calocephalus''.
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Calocephalus aervoides ''Calocephalus aervoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Western Australia. Its common name is woolly beauty-heads.

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – woolly beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus citreus ''Calocephalus lacteus'', commonly known as lemon beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has yellow cylindrical shaped flowers and grey stems and grows in the eastern states of Australia Description ''Calocep ...

'' Less. – lemon beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus francisii ''Calocephalus francisii'', commonly known as fine-leaf beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small annual with yellow globular-shape flowers and is endemic to Western Australia. Description ''Calocepha ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – fine-leaf beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus knappii ''Calocephalus knappii'', is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small annual herb with yellow globular-shape flowers upright to decumbent branches and is endemic to Australia. Description ''Calocephalus knappii'' is ...

'' (F.Muell.) Ewart & Jean White * ''

Calocephalus lacteus ''Calocephalus lacteus'', commonly known as milky beauty-heads, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an ascending, spreading perennial with silver-grey leaves and cream globular-shaped flower heads. It occurs in easte ...

'' Less. – milky beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus lessingii ''Calocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is represented in every state.Calocephalus multiflorus ''Calocephalus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is endemism, endemic to Australia, where it is represented in every state.Calocephalus platycephalus ''Calocephalus platycephalus'' commonly known as western beauty-heads or yellow top, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright to sprawling herb with white hairy foliage and yellow ball-shaped flower heads and i ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – billybuttons, yellow top, western beauty-heads * ''

Calocephalus sonderi ''Calocephalus sonderi'' (common name pale beauty-heads) is a plant in the family Asteraceae, found in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859. The specific epithet, '' ...

'' F.Muell. – pale beauty-heads

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''Calocephalus''.
FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5023083 Gnaphalieae Asteraceae genera Asterales of Australia Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)