1	"Leaves and branches alternate"	"Dasysphaera alternifolia"
1	"Leaves and branches opposite"	2
2	"Bristles of sterile flowers plumose almost to their tips"	"Dasysphaera robecchii"
2	"Bristles of sterile flowers glabrous or with a very few scattered hairs near the base"	3
3	"Tepals 3-4 mm long; filaments gradually expanded towards the base"	"Dasysphaera hyposericea"
3	"Tepals 8-10 mm long; filaments linear to the base, abruptly expanded at the point of insertion"	"Dasysphaera tomentosa"