Ray floret, "malvaceus mauve" on NMA's chart. Rays c. 5 mm long but uneven -fading with [illegible]. Disc florets atro purpureus. Anthers red "sanguineus" outside. Pollen golden. Stigmas pale, style long in old fls. Unopened disc florets black-purple (darker) with silvery plumose pappi between. Capitula solitary, peduncles noted but with folicuous bracts tight against phyllaries. Both O. angustifolia and O. colensoi var. grandis on Tommy Id.