Botanical name

Osteospermum ilicifolium

Family

Asteraceae

Synonym (old name)

Gibbaria ilicifolia, Nephrotheca ilicifolia
Osteospermum ilicifolium
Osteospermum ilicifolium
Osteospermum ilicifolium
Osteospermum ilicifolium

Description

Roughly hairy, sprawling densely leafy, aromatic shrub up to 1m, sometimes sparsely-woolly on young parts. Leaves oval to lance-shaped, margins rolled under and usually sharply toothed, pungent when bruised; bears solitary, radiate flowers at branch tips, with yellow rays and disc; fruits are kidney-shaped, warty and pitted, with a small cavity on one side, 4-5mm long.

Habitat

Sandstone or limestone slopes

Flower Date

August to March