 In "Gorteria", the centre of the head is taken by relatively few bisexual and sometimes also male, yellow to orange disc florets, and is surrounded by one complete whorl of 5–14 infertile cream to dark orange ray florets, sometimes with a few ray florets nearer to the centre.None, some or all of them may have darker spots at their base.The fruits remain attached to their common base when ripe, and it is the entire head that breaks free from the plant.