Osteospermum ecklonis
Stud. Calenduleae, 244. 1943.
IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Dimorphotheca ecklonis de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 71. 1838
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 383.
Perennials, subshrubs, or shrubs, 10–100+ cm. Leaf blades obovate or oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, 30–50(–100+) × 10–20(–40+) mm, margins entire or denticulate, faces stipitate-glandular (at least distal leaves), glabrescent. Peduncles (25–)50–150+ mm. Phyllaries 12–16+, 10–15+ mm. Ray florets 12–21+; corollas abaxially usually violet to blue or purplish, sometimes cream to pink or salmon, adaxially whitish to blue or purplish, laminae (15–)20–45+ mm. Disc florets 40–60+; corollas ± purplish, 3.5–4.5 mm. Cypselae 6–7 mm. 2n = 20.
Phenology: Flowering Dec–Apr.
Habitat: Disturbed places
Elevation: 0–200 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Africa.
Discussion
Selected References
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Lower Taxa
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