Camphorbushes

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, persistently tomentose or lanate beneath. Capitula numerous, in terminal or axillary panicles. Capitula unisexual, disciform; receptacle without scales, sometimes with long silky hairs. Phyllaries 1-2-seriate. Male capitula: florets many; corolla longer than female florets; lobes recurved; ovary abortive or rudimentary; pappus 0. Female capitula: florets 1-3-flowered; anthers 0; achenes woolly; pappus 0.

Tarchonanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the mutisia tribe daisy family.

Species Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. - Africa Tarchonanthus littoralis P.P.J.Herman - South Africa Tarchonanthus minor Less. - South Africa Tarchonanthus obovatus DC. - South Africa Tarchonanthus parvicapitulatus P.P.J.Herman - South Africa Tarchonanthus trilobus DC. - South Africa formerly included