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Afro-Australian daisies
Dimorphotheca
Dimorphotheca is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa. is one of eight genera of the Calenduleae, with a centre of diversity in Southern Africa. Species are native to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Some species can hybridize with Osteospermum, and crosses are sold as cultivated ornamentals.
The name Dimorphotheca is derived from the Greek: di (two) morph (shape) theka (receptacle), referring to the dimorphic cypselae, a trait inherent to members of the Calenduleae. Plants of this genus usually have bisexual flowers.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
trailing African daisy
speciesDimorphotheca fruticosa
blue-and-white daisybush
speciesDimorphotheca ecklonis
Cape marigold
speciesDimorphotheca sinuata
Cape daisy
speciesDimorphotheca jucunda
rain daisy
speciesDimorphotheca pluvialis
African oxeye
speciesDimorphotheca nudicaulis
Showy Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca spectabilis
Sticky Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca cuneata
Jackal Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca pinnata
Mountain Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca montana
Longstem Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca caulescens
Pointed Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca acutifolia
White Dimorphotheca
speciesDimorphotheca zeyheri
Gordon's Bay Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca walliana
Chrysanth Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca chrysanthemifolia
Beautiful Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca venusta
Oxeye Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca tragus
Eastern Cape Rain Daisy
speciesDimorphotheca barberae
Dimorphotheca dregei
speciesDimorphotheca dregei
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72095.