A low, rhizomatous groundcover with finely divided leaves to approximately 2 cm long. It grows to about 15 cm in height. Pale lilac daisy flowers are produced above the foliage on fine stems. A single plant in open ground may spread approximately 50cm in diameter.

A greyish, softly hairy herb with fine upright stems growing from a base. Buches of golden everlasting flowers are produced at the tops of the stems in spring. These stems may become decumbent and then develop hundreds of smaller stems, in this way a single plant may develop some ground-covering character as well. Variable leaf forms occur around Melbourne. Those on the Volcanic Plains north of Melbourne have very fine, thread-like leaves. Broader leaf forms occur in Heidelberg.

A species of the Asteraceae family, Common Sneezeweed has small globular green-cream flowerheads, and small teethed leaves. When crushed, the leaves exude a pungent sickly sweet smell.

Slender upright annual or short-lived perennial with jagged, rough leaves. In the grassland near Melbourne it might be mistaken for the similar jagged-leaved Senecio glomeratus but the distinctive rough surface is a reliable identification feature. Flowerheads (gathered in composite capitula) arranged in a corymb. Individual capitula lack the showy bracts of a typical 'daisy' flower. Fruit have fluffy hairs 'pappus' which allow them to drift on the wind.