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Edmondia sesamoides

Common names: common everlasting (Eng.); sewejaartjie, strooiblommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... Edmondia belongs to the tribe Gnaphalieae in the Asteraceae, or daisy family. Asteraceae is the largest plant family, consisting of nearly ...

04 / 08 / 2025 | Thaabiet Parker | Compton Herbarium

Hilliardiella flanaganii

Common names: Drakensberg vernonia (Eng.)

Family: Asteraceae

21 / 07 / 2025 | Mbali Mkhize | National Herbarium Pretoria

Arctotis scabra

Common names: large-seed African daisy (Eng.); gousblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... comprises of more than 60 species within the daisy family, Asteraceae. The genus was named by Linnaeus, the name is a ...

23 / 06 / 2025 | Caroline Marima | Harold Porter NBG

Gazania linearis

Common names: narrow-leaved treasure flower, tufted gazania, bensli (Eng.) botterblom, gansblom, gousblom (Afr.); ubendle, uhlubi (isiXhosa); isiphepane, ububendle,

Family: Asteraceae

... risk of extinction. The genus Gazania is a member of the Asteraceae, and it includes about 25 herbaceous species that ...

12 / 05 / 2025 | Itumeleng Machete | Pretoria NBG

Gymnanthemum coloratum

Common names: star-flowered bitter-tea, lowveld bitter-tea, lowveld vernonia (Eng.); laeveldbittertee (Afr.); linyatselo (Siswati)

Family: Asteraceae

28 / 04 / 2025 | Thuli Dlamini | National Herbarium Pretoria

Berkheya coddii

Common names: Codd’s berkheya, nickel-accumulating berkheya (Eng.)

Family: Asteraceae

... be used to control them. This plant species belong to the Asteraceae, a large and widespread family of about 32 000 ...

14 / 04 / 2025 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG

Arctotis debensis

Common names: kommetjie grassland butterflower, Debe Nek arctotis (Eng.), kommetjievlaktes-botterblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

17 / 03 / 2025 | Mahlatse Michelle Malemone | Karoo Desert NBG

Helichrysum ruderale

Common names: weedy yellow everlasting (Eng.); geelsewejaaartjie (Afr.); umadotsheni (isiZulu)

Family: Asteraceae

17 / 03 / 2025 | Itumeleng Machete | Pretoria NBG

Marasmodes defoliata

Common names: shedding autumn-aster

Family: Asteraceae

... taxonomic ambiguities. This is the only genus within the Asteraceae family in which all species are threatened. The ...

06 / 01 / 2025 | Naomi Mdayi | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Helichrysum pedunculatum

Common names: pedunculate helichrysum (Eng.), isicwe (isiXhosa & isiZulu)

Family: Asteraceae

... belongs to one of the largest and best known families, Asteraceae, the daisy family, that contains about 1 530 ...

06 / 01 / 2025 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Baculellum articulatum

Common names: sausage plant, candle plant, hot dog plant (Eng.); worsies, worsiesplantjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... containing one species (monotypic). It belongs to the Asteraceae, a large family which includes over 25 000 ...

30 / 09 / 2024 | Samuel Lekhetho | Free State NBG

Curio articulatus

Common names: sausage plant, candle plant, hot dog plant (Eng.); worsies, worsiesplantjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

30 / 09 / 2024 | | Free State NBG

Leysera tenella

Common names: common wireweed, little tortoise-tea, slender leysera, slender-leaved leysera, small-flowered leysera (Eng.); kleinskilpadteebossie, teebossie, vaalte

Family: Asteraceae

... the Middle East. Leysera is a member of the daisy family (Asteraceae) and is closely related to the genus Helichrysum . ...

02 / 09 / 2024 | Thabang Makola | Karoo Desert NBG

Curio muirii

Common names: cliff curio (Eng.); kransharpuis (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

08 / 07 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Dimorphotheca chrysanthemifolia

Common names: cape mountain marigold, chrysanth rain daisy (Eng.); geelbergmargriet, gousblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... Arctotis and Gazania. Dimorphotheca is a member of the Asteraceae, commonly called the daisy family. Asteraceae is the largest plant family, consisting of nearly ...

15 / 04 / 2024 | Thaabiet Parker | Compton Herbarium