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Cirsium vulgare

Common names: Scottish thistle, spear thistle (Eng.); skotse dissel (Afr.); hlaba (Sesotho); ntsoa-ntsane (Setswana)

Family: Asteraceae

08 / 05 / 2017 | Marinda Koekemoer | National Herbarium Pretoria

Macowania revoluta

Common names: Amathole macowania

Family: Asteraceae

01 / 05 / 2017 | Vathiswa Zikishe | CREW

Othonna herrei

Common names: Richtersveld othonna

Family: Asteraceae

... there untill he retired in 1960. Othonna belongs to the Asteraceae family which is the largest botanical family on ...

03 / 04 / 2017 | Carole Sutty | Karoo Desert NBG

Tagetes minuta

Common names: khaki bush, khaki weed, African marigold (Eng.); kakiebos, khakibos, langkakiebos, stinkbos, stinkkhakibos, transvaalse kakiebos (Afr.); mbanje (isiNd

Family: Asteraceae

27 / 02 / 2017 | Marinda Koekemoer | National Herbarium Pretoria

Othonna triplinervia

Common names: three-veined othonna

Family: Asteraceae

26 / 12 / 2016 | Jermaine Christoffels | Kirstenbosch NBG

Brachylaena elliptica

Common names: bitterleaf, bitterleaved silver-oak, fire-sticks (Eng.); bitterblaar, suurbos (Afr); isiduli; isagqeba, umphahla (IsiXhosa); isiduli-ehlathi, igqeba-e

Family: Asteraceae

19 / 12 / 2016 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gymnanthemum myrianthum

Common names: blue bitter-tea, eared bitter-tea, blue vernonia, eared vernonia, poison tree-vernonia, wild lilac (Eng.); bloubittertee, bosbloutee (Afr.); uhluhlung

Family: Asteraceae

05 / 12 / 2016 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

Dimorphotheca tragus

Common names: ox-eye daisy, Cape marigold, Namaqualand daisy, African daisy (Eng.); jakkalsbossie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... this name is not known. Dimorphotheca is a member of the Asteraceae family and a genus of 19 species in southern ...

31 / 10 / 2016 | Ramadimetja Junia Maleka | Kirstenbosch NBG

Othonna euphorbioides

Common names: spiny othonna (Eng.); doringkers (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

17 / 10 / 2016 | Refilwe Kolokoto | Compton Herbarium

Othonna arbuscula

Common names: bonsai othonna (Eng.); knolharpuis, knolrepuis,nu-nu, traap (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

15 / 08 / 2016 | Ricardo Riddles | Karoo Desert NBG

Curio crassulifolius

Small, discoid flowerheads in late winter, spring and early summer

Common names: blue fingers (Eng.); blouvingertjies (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... and C. talinoides . Curio belongs in the daisy family (Asteraceae), one of the largest families of flowering plants, ...

27 / 06 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG

Senecio oxyriifolius

Common names: false nasturtium (Eng.); kappertjieblaar (Afr.); idumbe, idumbe lasendhle, ihlula (isiZulu)

Family: Asteraceae

... are not related. Our plant belongs in the daisy family, Asteraceae, whereas, the true nasturtium belongs in the ...

20 / 06 / 2016 | Lungani Mlaba | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Kleinia chimanimaniensis

Common names: Chimanimani kleinia (Eng.); Chimanimani-kleinia (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

11 / 04 / 2016 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pentzia dentata

Common names: greater skaapkaroo, duck's-foot skaapkaroo (Eng.) grootskaapkaroo, eendepootkaroo (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... Flowers from spring to summer. The fruit is typical of Asteraceae with pappus and attached achene which has five ... ribs in Pentzia (see this page for more information on the Asteraceae ). Pentzia dentata is endemic to South Africa and ... Thunberg (1743–1828), who published the genus in the Asteraceae, in 1800. Many references refer to Thunberg ...

21 / 03 / 2016 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG