Beach sunflower's description
Beach daisy is a hardy and somewhat woody, sprawling perennial herb or subshrub. Stems are elongate and branched; they can reach up to 2 m but will bend after reaching a certain height. It can scramble and straggle over the ground or climb leaning on other plants for support. The leaves are ovate, shortly tapering at the base. Scandent shrubs; stem ribbed, sparsely hairy. Leaves opposite, 5-10 × 2.5-7 cm, ovate-acuminate, cuneate at base, margin distantly serrate, rough with appressed hairs on both sides, 3-nerved from base; petiole to 1-2 cm long. Heads 1-2 cm across, 1-3 together, heterogamous, rayed; peduncle unequal, to 5 cm long, hairy. Involucre campanulate; bracts 2-3 seriate, outer ovate-lanceolate or oblonglanceolate. Ray fl orets ligulate, 2-3 toothed, yellow; outer series of fl owers female; inner bisexual. Achene 3-4 angled, narrowed towards base, truncate at apex, slightly tubercled; pappus absent.
