Osteospermum ilicifolium L.

Frutex 2-5 dm altus diffuse ramosus; rami fere teretes glanduloso-asperi-hispiduli leviter striati sat dense foliati, internodiis 0.5-1 cm longis, juniores leviter arachnoidei suberecti vel patentes, vetustiores lignosi robusti usque 0.5 cm crassi plerumque decumbentes. Folia alterna sessilia semiamplexicaulia subcoriacea utrinque glanduloso-aspera, juniora etiam leviter arachnoidea, ovata-oblonga-lanceolata (2-)3-6 cm longa (0.5-)1-4 cm lata basi cordata apice acuta mucronata margine leviter revoluta sinuato-dentata-denticulata, dentibus utrinque 3-7 mucronatis; folia summa anguste ve' rarius late lanceolata vel linearia margine denticulata vel subintegerrima; nervus medius subtus elevatus in caulem decurrens, nervi longitudinales in foliis majoribus utrinque 1(-2) conspicui cum nervis transversalibus anastomosantes. Capitula in apicibus ramulorum solitaria saepius breviter pedunculata, pedunculis subnudis glandulosoasperis-hispidulis. Involucri squamae subuni-vel subbiseriatae 10-13 fere aequilongae lanceolatae 6-10 mm longae 1.5-2.5 mm latae acuniinatae dorso glanduloso-hispidulae marginibus albido-scariosae ciliato-fimbriatae. Flores radii 10-12; ligulae flavae vel subtus passim rubro-violaceae involucrum plus duplo superantes; flores disci flavi involucro breviores. Achaenia glabra incurva reniformia lateribus radialibus leviter applanata 4-5 mm longa 2-3 mm lata vix 2 mm crassa, latere ventrali concava costa longitudinali biareolata, latere dorsali valde convexa longitudinaliter striato-sulcata transverse rugosa vet minute tuberculata semper cavernam ventralem magnam includentia.