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Arctotis venusta

Common names: Karoo marigold (Eng.); Karoo gousblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

06 / 02 / 2006 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Hilliardiella aristata

Common names: silver vernonia (Eng.), ihlambihloshana, isibhaha sasenkangala, umlahlankosi-omhlophe, ileleva (Zul.)

Family: Asteraceae

... The new name honours Dr Olive May Hilliard who studied Asteraceae in KwaZulu-Natal. There are 8 species in the ...

12 / 12 / 2005 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Arctotis stoechadifolia

Common names: coast arctotis, silver arctotis, trailing arctotis (Eng.); kusgousblom, bittergousblom, witgousblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

05 / 12 / 2005 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Helichrysum foetidum

Common names: stinking strawflower, stinking yellow everlasting (Eng.); muishondblaar, geelsewejaartjie, vleisewejaartjie (Afr.); isicwe (Zulu)

Family: Asteraceae

14 / 11 / 2005 | S Nonkululeko | Pretoria NBG

Helichrysum appendiculatum

Common names: sheep's ears everlasting (Eng.); skaapoorbossie (Afr.); senkotoana (South Sotho); ibode, indlebeyemvu (Zulu)

Family: Asteraceae

31 / 10 / 2005 | Julia Mnengwane | Pretoria NBG

Felicia amelloides

Common names: blue felicia bush, shrubby felicia, bush felicia, blue felicia, blue marguerite, blue daisy bush, Paris daisy (Eng.); bloumagriet, blou-astertjie (Afr

Family: Asteraceae

... also available.) The flowerheads are typical of the Asteraceae and are about 30 mm in diameter and are borne on ... found in the Western and Eastern Cape. Within the family Asteraceae, or daisy family, these two genera are placed in ...

03 / 10 / 2005 | S Smithies | Pretoria NBG

Hymenolepis crithmifolia

Common names: coulter-bush (Eng.); koulterbos, pôbos, pokbos (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... belongs to the tribe Anthemideae, under the family Asteraceae. The genus is endemic to the Northern, Western and ...

12 / 09 / 2005 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria

Dimorphotheca jucunda

Common names: trailing pink daisy, trailing mauve daisy (Eng.); bergbietou, bloubietou (Afr.); umasigcolo nkonekazi, u-Mesigcolo-nkonekazi (Zulu) (= Osteospermum ju

Family: Asteraceae

... are dark purple or yellow tipped blackish. See more about Asteraceae flowers . The fruits (cypselae) that develop from ...

04 / 07 / 2005 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria

Athrixia phylicoides

Common names: Bushman's tea (Eng.); Boesmanstee (Afr.); Icholocholo, itshelo, umthsanelo (isiZulu)

Family: Asteraceae

23 / 05 / 2005 | Giles Mbambezeli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Euryops tenuissimus

Common names: resin bush (Eng.); harpuisbos; grootharpuisbos; kortbeenharbuisbossie (subsp. trifurcatus) (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

04 / 04 / 2005 | Marinda Koekemoer | National Herbarium Pretoria

Senecio tamoides

Common names: canary creeper ( Eng. ); kanarieklimop (Afr.); uqobaqoba (Zulu)

Family: Asteraceae

04 / 04 / 2005 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

Dimorphotheca ecklonis

Common names: Cape marguerite, Van Staden's River daisy, Sundays River daisy, white daisy bush, blue-and-white daisy bush (Eng.); Kaapse magriet, jakkalsbos, Vansta

Family: Asteraceae

... 7 x 3 mm, smooth, obovoid and triangular. Read more about Asteraceae flowers here, as well as an explanation of the ...

28 / 03 / 2005 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria