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Cotula barbata

Common names: gansogies, kleinganskos, knoppiesopslag (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

20 / 03 / 2023 | Aarifah Jakoet | Compton Herbarium

Cineraria cyanomontana

Common names: Blouberg cineraria

Family: Asteraceae

... perennial plant of the sunflower or daisy family (Asteraceae) that lives for more than 2 years. The plant is ...

13 / 03 / 2023 | Lesibana Petrus Maema | Thohoyandou NBG

Berkheya griquana

Common names: East Griqualand African thistle, East Griqualand berkheya (Eng.); Griekwaland-Oos-bergdissel (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... In 1788, German botanist Jakob Ehrhart labelled a group of Asteraceae plants that resembled thistles as Berkheya. The ...

27 / 02 / 2023 | Kaveesha Naicker | CREW

Marasmodes dummeri

Common names: whip autumn-aster

Family: Asteraceae

... is a small genus comprising of 13 species in the Asteraceae family. Historically, de Candolle initially ...

09 / 01 / 2023 | Naomi Mdayi | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Felicia tenella subsp. tenella

Common names: bristly felicia (Eng.); astertjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... the soil. These are just some of the features which enable Asteraceae to establish easily in arid regions. In old ... species. The genus Felicia is part of the daisy family, Asteraceae, the biggest plant family in southern Africa with ...

19 / 12 / 2022 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Senecio elegans

Common names: wild cineraria, veld cineraria, greater purple ragwort, purple senecio (Eng.); strandblommetjie (Afr.); izuba (isiXhosa)

Family: Asteraceae

15 / 11 / 2022 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Berkheya multijuga

Common names: spiny berg thistle, thorny mountain thistle (Eng.); doringrige-bergdissel (Afr.); mohatollo ntsoa-ntsane-ea-loti (seSotho); imboziso emhlophe, ukhakha

Family: Asteraceae

18 / 07 / 2022 | Sibahle Gumede | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Osteospermum monstrosum

Common names: one-eye monster (Eng.); trekkertjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

11 / 07 / 2022 | Nicola Bergh | Compton Herbarium

Tripteris clandestina

Common names: one-eye monster (Eng.); trekkertjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

11 / 07 / 2022 | | Compton Herbarium

Monoculus monstrosus

Common names: one-eye monster (Eng.); trekkertjie (Afr.).

Family: Asteraceae

11 / 07 / 2022 | | Compton Herbarium

Cotula pruinosa

Common names: yellow bachelor buttons, yellow turban buttons (Eng.); ganskos (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

04 / 04 / 2022 | Aarifah Jakoet | Compton Herbarium

Steirodiscus tagetes

Common names: strandveld yellowweed (Eng.) geelkruid (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... available, in the form of rain. In several species of Asteraceae, and in other annuals, the role of temperature and ... Steirodiscus forms part of the cosmopolitan daisy family, Asteraceae. This is one of the largest and widespread plant families in the world. Many members of the Asteraceae are well-known for their uses as medicine, food ...

25 / 10 / 2021 | Nosipho Ndlovu | Kirstenbosch NBG

Othonna quinquedentata

Common names: Five-tooth baboon cabbage, heavenly daisy (Eng.); bobbejaankool (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... 121 are found in the Cape, with 1 036 species. The family Asteraceae forms a large portion of the vegetation found in ...

30 / 08 / 2021 | Karen Wall | Harold Porter NBG

Pteronia incana

Common names: ash bush, blue bush, wild lavender bush (Eng.), asbos, asbossie, bloubos, laventelbossie, kraakbos (Afr.).

Family: Asteraceae

... and is comprised of about 80 species. Within the family Asteraceae, Pteronia is identified as the genus with ... closely related to Engleria and isolated from the African Asteraceae. However, Engleria has radiate capitula, whereas ...

16 / 08 / 2021 | Thabang Makola | Karoo Desert NBG