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Osteospermum scariosum

Osteospermum scariosum
Common names: sheep bush, sheep boneseed (Eng.); skaapbos, bietou, sagtebietou (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

13 / 11 / 2023 | Khanya Ntondini | Compton Herbarium
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Tripteris aghillana

Common names: sheep bush, sheep boneseed (Eng.); skaapbos, bietou, sagtebietou (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

08 / 11 / 2023 | | Compton Herbarium
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Helichrysum drakensbergense

Helichrysum drakensbergense
Common names: Drakensberg everlasting (Eng.)
Family: Asteraceae

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

16 / 10 / 2023 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Dimorphotheca fruticosa

Dimorphotheca fruticosa growing on the KwaZulu-Natal coast. Photo Geoff Nichols
Common names: trailing daisy (Eng.); rankmagriet, rankbietou (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... word meaning ‘shrubby’. Dimorphotheca belongs to the Asteraceae, better known as the daisy family. Asteraceae is a massive group, consisting of herbs, shrubs, ...

21 / 08 / 2023 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Senecio deltoideus

Senecio deltoideus has a distinct zigzag branching pattern
Common names: zigzag canary creeper (Eng.); sigsag-kanarieklimop (Afr.); undenze (isiXhosa)
Family: Asteraceae

21 / 08 / 2023 | Katlego Molele | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Senecio coronatus

Senecio coronatus
Common names: woolly grassland senecio (Eng.); sybossie (Afr.); lehlomanyane/lehlomane, moremoholo, motabo (Southern Sotho); ikhubalo lesikhova, indlebe yebokwe (is
Family: Asteraceae

... not predated. The genus Senecio is one of the largest in Asteraceae, with 1 250 species in the world and 281 species ...

26 / 06 / 2023 | Katlego Molele | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Helichrysum pandurifolium

Helichrysum pandurifolium
Common names: fiddle everlasting; fiddle-leaved strawflower (Eng.); kooigoed (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Helichrysum pandurifolium is part of the aster family, Asteraceae. The genus Helichrysum consists of about 600 ...

19 / 06 / 2023 | Mduduzi Nkwanyana | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Didelta carnosa var. tomentosa

Didelta carnosa var. tomentosa growing in its dune habitat against the backdrop of the majestic Table Mountain
Common names: hairy salad bush (Eng.); harige seegousblom, harige kusslaaibos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Didelta , a small genus in the cosmopolitan plant family Asteraceae, consists of only two species: D. carnosa and ...

29 / 05 / 2023 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Dicoma capensis

Dicoma capensis flowerheads. Photo Marinda Koekemoer
Common names: karmedik, fever bush (Eng.); karmedik, koorsbossie, melktoubos, melktou, bietou (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

29 / 05 / 2023 | Thuli Makhoba | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Pentzia incana

Pentzia incana
Common names: anchor karoo bush, common karoo bush, good karoo, sheep karoo, sheep bush, sweet karoo (Eng.); alsbossie, alsbos, ankerkaroo, bewerasie, gansie, ganso
Family: Asteraceae

... the leaf colour. The genus Pentzia forms part of the Asteraceae, which represents the largest plant family in ...

08 / 05 / 2023 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Macledium spinosum

Macledium spinosum
Common names: spiny doll’s protea (Eng.); steekblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

01 / 05 / 2023 | Thuli Makhoba | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Caputia tomentosa

Caputia tomentosa growing in the Conservatory at Kistenbosch
Common names: woolly caputia, tinderbush (Eng.); tontelbossie, tontelbos, tonteldoos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

13 / 04 / 2023 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Osteospermum incanum subsp. incanum

Osteospermum incanum subsp. incanum inflorescence
Common names: grey bietou, grey tick berry (Eng.); grysbietou, fynbietou, vaalsandbietou, vaalbietou, vaalbitou (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... the leaf-colour. The genus Osteospermum forms part of the Asteraceae, the largest plant family in southern Africa with approximately 2 500 species. Plants in the Asteraceae are popular in several industries, and include ...

03 / 04 / 2023 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Cotula barbata

Cotula barbata, white-flowered and yellow-flowered forms co-occuring. Photo Anthony Magee
Common names: gansogies, kleinganskos, knoppiesopslag (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

20 / 03 / 2023 | Aarifah Jakoet | Compton Herbarium
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Cineraria cyanomontana

Cineraria cyanomontana. Photo Glynis Goodman-Cron
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
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Berkheya griquana

Bright yellow flower head of 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
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Marasmodes dummeri

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
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Felicia tenella subsp. tenella

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
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Senecio elegans

Senecio elegans, white or purple daisies
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
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Berkheya multijuga

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
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