Osteospermum australe B.Nord.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Osteospermum

Characteristics

Closely leafy shrublet to 1 m, white-woolly when young. Leaves imbricate, elliptic-oblanceolate, leathery with thickened margins. Flowers heads radiate, large, solitary on short, woolly peduncles, nested among leaves, yellow. Achenes obovoid, smooth, ± 5 mm long.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 3-4
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 10 - 15
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Osteospermum australe world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60431031-2
WFO ID wfo-0000059412
COL ID 6TBFG
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Synonyms

Osteospermum australe