Botanical name

Dimorphotheca acutifolia

Family

Asteraceae

Synonym (old name)

Osteospermum acutifolium

Description

Sprawling, roughly hairy shrublet up to 50cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, usually toothed, sometimes sharply so; flowerheads radiate, solitary at branch tips, purple to brown with white rays, purple to brown on the reverse.

Habitat

Sandstone slopes

Flower Date

August to November