praxelis (Praxelis clematidea) leaves have tapered (i.e. cuneate) bases and deeply toothed (i.e. coarsely dentate) margins, with about 5-8 large teeth on each side of the leaf blade. The bracts surrounding each flower-head (i.e. involucral bracts) are hairless or have a few close-lying hairs (i.e. glabrous to appressed strigose) and fall off when the seeds are shed (i.e. they are deciduous). The seeds are topped with numerous (15-40) relatively large bristles (3-4 mm long).