Osteospermum rotundifolium (Dc.) Norl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Osteospermum

Characteristics

Suffrutex vel frutex erectus 1-2 m altus parum ramosus; caulis et rami glabri vel ad axillas foliorum floccoso-lanati. Folia alterna coriacea conferta ± imbricata semiamplexicaulia vel subamplexicaulia glabra glauca margine integerrima ± conspicue albido-cartilaginea laevia; folia intermedia et superiora caulis et folia ramealia ovata-late elliptica-suborbiculata 1-3 cm longa 0.5-2.5 cm lata apice obtusa-rotundata mucronata; folia basalia et inferiora caulis ignota; nervus medius alhidus subtus elevatus, nervi longitudinales utrinque 1-2 interdum conspicui. Inflorescentiae in apicibus caulis et ramorum corymbosae paucicapitulatae; pedicelli capitulorum dense glandulosomuriculati 1-4 cm longi bracteis paucis lanceolato-lineari-subulatis 1-3 mm longis instructi. Involucri squamae uniseriatae vel subuniseriatae c. 8 ovatae-lanceolato-ovatae acutae c. 3 mm modo longae dorso ± dense glanduloso-muriculatae margine scariosae leviter laceratociliatae. Flores radii involucri squamas numero aequantes; ligulae flavae involucrum plus duplo superantes; flores disci flavi involucro paullo longiores. Achaenia obovideo-ellipsoidea 4-4.5 mm longa c. 2.5 mm diam. jugata, jugis tribus leviter prominentibus, basi sulcis apice foveolis vix conspicuis instructa.
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Like O. polygaloides but leaves broadly ovate. Flower heads in lax panicles. Achenes smooth and obscurely ribbed, ± 4 mm long.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Soil texture 5-6
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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 rotundifolium world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:235881-1
WFO ID wfo-0000007360
COL ID 6TCZL
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Synonyms

Osteospermum rotundifolium Osteospermum corymbosum var. rotundifolium