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Berkheya setifera

Common names: buffalo-tongue thistle (Eng.); rasperdissel, rasperdisseldoring (Afr); ikhakhasi, ulimi-lwenkomo, ulimi-lwenyathi (isiZulu); indlebe-lenkomo (isiXhosa

Family: Asteraceae

| Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Othonna auriculifolia

Common names: lobe-leaf baboon cabbage (Eng.); sandkool, wildepatat (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... break easily. Othonna is a genus in the sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae), in the senecioid subdivision of the family. The name Asteraceae is probably derived from the Greek aster that ... demand as ornamental plants. They are part of the family Asteraceae, and are therefore close relatives of sunflowers. ...

| Samuel Lekhetho | Free State NBG

Berkheya angustifolia

Common names: narrow-leaved berkheya, needle-leaved Cape thistle (Eng.)

Family: Asteraceae

... to the very large and economically important daisy family, Asteraceae. It is one of the largest families of flowering ...

| Mashudu Tshitereke | Walter Sisulu NBG

Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Common names: rain daisy, Cape daisy, white Namaqualand Daisy, ox-eye daisy (Eng.); reënblommetjie, witbotterblom, witmargriet (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

21 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Osteospermum moniliferum

Common names: bietou, boneseed, tickberry, brother berry, bush-tickberry (Eng.) bietou, boetabessie, bosluisbessie, bokbessie, weskusbietou, skilpadkos (Afr.), inku

Family: Asteraceae

07 / 05 / 2001 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Helichrysum argyrophyllum

Common names: Mo's Gold, Golden guinea everlasting, Vaalsewejaartjie

Family: Asteraceae

21 / 05 / 2001 | Ryan Smith | Kirstenbosch NBG

Eriocephalus africanus

Common names: wild rosemary (Eng.), wilderoosmaryn, kapokbos (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... is covered in small, white flowers. Typical of the family Asteraceae, the flowers are a composition of 2-3 showy white ...

11 / 06 / 2001 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Euryops pectinatus

Common names: woolly resin bush, golden euryops, golden daisy bush (Eng.), wolharpuisbos (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

11 / 06 / 2001 | Sharon Turner | Walter Sisulu NBG

Felicia echinata

Common names: dune daisy, prickly felicia (Eng.), bloublommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

06 / 08 / 2001 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Felicia elongata

Common names: Saldanha felicia, tricolour felicia (Eng.), driekleurblommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

10 / 09 / 2001 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ursinia cakilefolia

Common names: Glansoogbergmagriet, Glossy-eyed parachute daisy

Family: Asteraceae

15 / 10 / 2001 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Dimorphotheca jucunda 'White Moon'

Common names: White Moon Daisy (Eng.); Bergbietou, Bloubietou (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

07 / 01 / 2002 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Senecio macroglossus

Common names: flowering Ivy, madeliefie-klimop, Cape Ivy, Natal Ivy,

Family: Asteraceae

... small trees, vines or succulents. It is a member of the Asteraceae (daisy family), a huge family of some 1535 genera ... to ivy whatsoever. Senecio macroglossus belongs in the Asteraceae (daisy family) whereas ivy, Hedera helix , belongs ...

04 / 03 / 2002 | Christien Malan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Arctotheca calendula

Common names: Cape marigold, Cape weed, Cape dandelion (Eng.); botterblom, gousblom, soetgousblom, tonteldoekblom, Kaapse madeliefie (Afr.); isiqwashumbe (isiXhosa)

Family: Asteraceae

04 / 03 / 2002 | Samson Moeketsi Letsela | Kirstenbosch NBG