In general, Chaenactis glabriuscula is an annual herb producing one or more mainly erect stems approaching 50 cm (20 inches) in maximum height. The branching stems are hairy and often cobwebby with fibers. The leaves are up to about 10 centimeters (4 inches) long, sometimes fleshy, and usually divided into many very small, curling lobes. The inflorescence produces one to twenty or more flower heads on a very long, erect peduncle. The flower head is lined with flat, hairy or woolly glandular phyllaries 4.5–10 mm (0.18–0.39 in). It contains many tubular flowers in shades of gold to bright yellow, the outermost flowers large and flat-faced, most with protruding anthers. The fruit is an achene which may be over a centimeter long including its layered pappus of scales. Learn more about Yellow Pincushion