Calocephalus

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|name = Beauty-heads

|image = Calocephalus platycephalus B.jpg

|image_caption = Calocephalus platycephalus

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|taxon = Calocephalus

|authority = R.Br.

|synonyms_ref = [https://archive.today/20141111132049/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=1bb6adac-7690-4edf-9970-7725f68f1b51 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]

|synonyms = * Achrysum A.Gray

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Calocephalus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Brown, Robert. 1817. "Observations on the natural family of plants called Compositae" in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12:106[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40035337 Tropicos, Calocephalus R. Br.] It is endemic to Australia, where it is represented in every state.[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Calocephalus Calocephalus.] PlantNET. National Herbarium of New South Wales, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

These are annual and perennial herbs and shrubs. The leaves are arranged alternately or oppositely, or both. The herbage is hairy. Flower heads 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[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Calocephalus/ Calocephalus.] The Plant List.

• Calocephalus aervoides (F.Muell.) Benth. – woolly beauty-heads
• Calocephalus citreus Less. – lemon beauty-heads
• Calocephalus francisii (F.Muell.) Benth. – fine-leaf beauty-heads
• Calocephalus knappii (F.Muell.) Ewart & Jean White
• Calocephalus lacteus Less. – milky beauty-heads
• Calocephalus lessingii Ewart
• Calocephalus multiflorus (Turcz.) Benth. – yellow-top
• Calocephalus platycephalus (F.Muell.) Benth. – billybuttons, yellow top, western beauty-heads
• Calocephalus sonderi F.Muell. – pale beauty-heads