Erythrocephalum

Annual herbs or suffrutices. Leaves alternate, simple, semi-amplexicaul, usually discolorous. Capitula homogamous and discoid or (in ours) heterogamous; inner florets actinomorphic, bisexual; outer male, radiate. Phyllaries many-seriate, imbricate. Receptacular scales present, resembling the inner phyllaries. Ray florets when present with large, deep-red, 3-fid rays. Achenes barrel-shaped, 5-angled. Pappus of 4-5, caducous, barbellate setae.

Erythrocephalum is a genus of African flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.

Species Erythrocephalum caudatum S.Moore Erythrocephalum decipiens C.Jeffrey Erythrocephalum dianthiflorum (Welw.) O.Hoffm. Erythrocephalum dictyophlebium Wild Erythrocephalum foliosum (Klatt) O.Hoffm. Erythrocephalum goetzei O.Hoffm. Erythrocephalum jeffreyanum S.Ortiz & Rodr.Oubiña Erythrocephalum longifolium Benth. ex Oliv. Erythrocephalum marginatum (O.Hoffm.) S.Ortiz & A.P.Cout. Erythrocephalum microcephalum Dandy Erythrocephalum minus Oliv. Erythrocephalum plantaginifolium O.Hoffm. Erythrocephalum sallyae Beentje Erythrocephalum scabrifolium C.Jeffrey Erythrocephalum setulosum C.Jeffrey