Osteospermum muricatum muricatum
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Habit
20 Feb 2018
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Flower
20 Feb 2018
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Full name: | Osteospermum muricatum E.Mey. ex DC. subsp. muricatum |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Bietou, Boegoebossie |
| English common name(s): | Buchu boneseed |
| Synonym(s): | Oligocarpus calendulaceus auct. - non Less., Dinter-- concept invalid Osteospermum hamiltoni S.Moore |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Osteospermum muricatum: Stems suffruticose, erect, much branched, glaucous, striate, glabrous or hispid below, glandular and viscidulous above; leaves sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, sharply and deeply toothed, glabrous or hispid-scabrous, acute; branches 1-headed; invol. scales acuminate; achenes obovoid, trigonous, acute at base, the inner angle keel-shaped, the two outer cross-furrowed and tubercled. Stems 6–12 inches high, very pale, as well as the foliage. Leaves 0.5–1.5 inch long, 2–3 lines wide, narrowed to the base, 4–8-toothed on each side. Achenes 10–12 in each head, their tubercles and furrows more or less strongly marked. Pubescence very rigid, variable in amount, sometimes very copious. (from JSTOR Global Plants website / Flora Capensis) Subspecies longiradiatum has ray florets that are much longer than the calyx. Subspecies muricatum ray florets scarcely exceed the calyx. (by Coleen Mannheimer on Facebook) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
