Isotype of Osteospermum laxumDC. [family COMPOSITAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Osteospermum ciliatumP.J. Bergius [family COMPOSITAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Osteospermum laxum
Osteospermum ciliatum
Flora
Entry for OSTEOSPERMUM laxum DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
OSTEOSPERMUM laxumDC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 465
Information
suffruticose, unarmed, diffusely much-branched, the young parts cobwebbed, older glabrous; branches angular, sparsely hispid, the panicled twigs mostly glabrous; leaves sessile, half-clasping, obovate-oblong, acute, sub-membranaceous with a cartilaginous, crenato-dentate margin, ciliate; heads small, ending the twigs; inv. sc. lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous; achenes cylindrical, obtuse, smooth, furrowed at base. With thinner, less cuneate, more hispid, less polished leaves than O. ciliatum, with which however var. β. nearly unites it. I retain it with much hesitation.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Drakenstein, Drege! both varieties. (Herb. D., Hk., S.)