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 moniliferum
Osteospermum laxum
Osteospermum ciliatum
Osteospermum pisiferum
Osteospermum hispidum
Flora
Entry for OSTEOSPERMUM ciliatum Berg. [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 ciliatumBerg. [family COMPOSITAE], Cap. 332;—Th.! Cap. 715. DC. l. c. 465.
OSTEOSPERMUM triquetrumDC.? [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. (non Linn. f.)
Information
shrubby, unarmed, diffusely much branched, often trailing, the young parts cobwebbed, older glabrous; branches angular, the angle scabrous or smooth; leaves sessile, half-clasping, commonly cuneate at base, lanceolate or oblongo-lanceolate, coriaceous, with a cartilaginous, crenato-dentate margin, rigidly ciliate; heads small, ending the subpanicled twigs; inv. sc. lanceolate, acuminate; achenes cylindrical, nearly smooth. Stems 3–4 feet long, paniculately much branched. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 4 lines to 3/4 inch wide, opaque. β. is scarcely distinguishable from var. β. of O. laxum, but has glossy, and thicker leaves.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Common on road-sides and waste ground near Capetown. C. Wright, 339. Genadendahl, Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Th., D., Sd. Hk.)
