... for providing the images to illustrate this article.  Othonna cakilefolia is a herbaceous geophyte, up to 500 mm ... leaves. Fig. 2. The trisect to pinnatisect leaves of Othonna cakilefolia. (Photo Adam Harrower) Flower-heads are ... disc florets magenta; involucral bracts 10 or 12. Fig. 3 . Othonna cakilefolia capitula with magenta disc florets and ...

... Desert National Botanical Garden April 2017 Photos of Othonna herrei in habitat by Pieter Van Wyk Othonna herrei , a shrublet up to 300 mm tall, is sparsely ... collectors removing mature individuals, than by grazing. Othonna herrei is adapted to survive drought, by storing ...

... & Refilwe Kolokoto Compton Herbarium October 2016 Othonna euphorbioides is a small, deciduous, succulent ... May to late July. Because of the very thorny nature, Othonna euphorbioides is rarely grazed by livestock, but the ... scent of the flowers suggests, as in the sister species Othonna retrofracta (Rowley 1997), that it may be pollinated ...

... produces a one-seeded fruit known as an achene or cypsela. Othonna retrofracta is restricted to the winter rainfall ... the Robertson Karoo vegetation. In its natural environment Othonna retrofracta seedlings usually grow under shrublets ... tuft of hairs), assists with seed dispersal by wind. Othonna Harvest seed in August and sow in autumn. Use a ...

... Hoekstra, from their observations shared on iNaturalist. Othonna auriculifolia is a stemless or very short-stemmed, ... hairs (pubescent) with a bristly pappus 15-25 mm long. Othonna auriculifolia is endemic to South Africa, occurring ... Karoo to the Klein Swartberg. The natural environment of Othonna auricufolia is arid with little or sporadic rainfall, ...