Craspedia aurantia

Craspedia aurantia is a herbaceous plant with a single flowering stem 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in) long and roots densely covered in thick, matted hairs. The leaves are mostly attached at the base, spoon-shaped, 2–16 mm (0.079–0.630 in) long, 2–25 mm (0.079–0.984 in) wide, pointed to broadly tapering to a point, narrowing gradually at the base, and glabrous or sparsely hairy. The yellow to orange-brown flowers are borne in heads 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) in diameter with about 40-90 florets in each head. Flowering occurs in summer and the fruit is a cypsela 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long and 0.1–0.8 mm (0.0039–0.0315 in) wide.[2][3]

Craspedia aurantia was first formally described in 1992 by Joy Everett and Joy Thompson and the description was published in Telopea.[4][5] The specific epithet (aurantia) means "orange" in reference to the colour of the flowerheads.[5]

This species grows in alpine and subalpine grassland and heath in New South Wales and Victoria.[3]