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Arctotis hirsuta

Common names: Namaqua marigold (Eng.), Namakwagousblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

10 / 10 / 2011 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ursinia speciosa

Common names: Namaqua-ursinia (Eng.); Namakwa-ursinia (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

26 / 09 / 2011 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Euryops muirii

Common names: limestone euryops (Eng.); strandharpuis (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

29 / 08 / 2011 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW

Leysera gnaphalodes

Common names: yellow daisy tea, dune tea bush (Eng.); geelblommetjietee, duinetee, hongertee, teebos, skilpadtee, teringtee (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

22 / 08 / 2011 | B Busch | Compton Herbarium

Arrowsmithia styphelioides

Common names: There are no common names in use for this species.

Family: Asteraceae

14 / 02 / 2011 | Nicola Bergh | Compton Herbarium

Osmitopsis asteriscoides

Common names: swamp daisy, mountain daisy, bellis (Eng.); bels, belskruie, belsbos, belsebos, belsbossie, belsebossie (Afr.).

Family: Asteraceae

... Daisy being a far better description. The Daisy Family, or Asteraceae, is an important plant family in the Cape Floral ...

01 / 11 / 2010 | Jane Forrester | Harold Porter NBG

Gazania rigens var. leucolaena

Common names: trailing gazania (Eng.); strandgazania, strandgousblom, rankbotterblom (Afr.); ububendle (Zulu)

Family: Asteraceae

... under the subfamily Cichorioideae of the family Asteraceae. It consists of about 17 species occurring mainly ...

18 / 10 / 2010 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria

Garuleum bipinnatum

Common names: gifhoutjie, slanghoutjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... (1800). Lessing in 1832 did a synopsis of the Compositae (=Asteraceae) and published some genera in Synopsis generum ... Calenduleae in the subfamily Asteroideae of the family Asteraceae (Bremer 1994). The tribe Calenduleae comprises 12 ...

30 / 08 / 2010 | N Swelankomo | National Herbarium Pretoria

Macledium zeyheri

Common names: doll's protea, toy sugarbush (Eng.); skaapdissel, maagbitterwortel, maagbossie (Afr.); mahlabane, somanheva (Swazi); umlunge, umqele (Xhosa); isihlaba

Family: Asteraceae

19 / 07 / 2010 | Marinda Koekemoer | Pretoria NBG

Marasmodes

Common names: autumn aster

Family: Asteraceae

07 / 06 / 2010 | C Cowell | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aster laevigatus

Common names: Van Staden's aster

Family: Asteraceae

... insect repellents and fungicides. The family name Asteraceae is made up of the name Aster and the suffix ...

10 / 05 / 2010 | C Cowell | Kirstenbosch NBG

Senecio bryoniifolius

Common names: Bryony-leaved flowering ivy

Family: Asteraceae

03 / 05 / 2010 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cotula sericea

Common names: silky cotula, buttons (Eng.); knoppies (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

12 / 04 / 2010 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ursinia abrotanifolia

Common names: lace-leaf ursinia (Eng.); fynkruie, lammetjieskruie (Afr.) [= Sphenogyne abrotanifolia R.Br.(Prassler 1967)]

Family: Asteraceae

... of this Ursinia but, like many other members of the Asteraceae family, Ursinia species are visited by common ... (1608–1667), a German botanical author on the family Asteraceae (=Compositae) and theologian. He authored ...

22 / 03 / 2010 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG