Citation: Fabr., Enum. Meth. Pl. 79 (1759).

Derivation: From a resemblance to some species of Chrysanthemum.

Synonymy: Osteospermum L., Sp. Pl. 923 (1753), partly.

Common name: None

Description:
Shrubs; leaves alternate, flat, entire to dentate, glabrous to cobwebby.

Capitula in terminal corymbs or corymbose particles, pedunculate, radiate, heterogamous; involucres broadly campanulate; bracts herbaceous with narrow scarious margins, free, imbricate in 2 or 3 unequal series, reflexed in fruit; receptacle slightly convex, naked, pitted.

Ray florets uniseriate, female, fertile, ligulate; style filiform with short obtuse branches, glabrous; ray achenes drupe-like with an outer fleshy layer surrounding a bony endocarp; pappus absent; disk florets bisexual, sterile, tubular, 5-merous; anthers sagittate at the base with acute ovate terminal appendages; style short, branches vestigial; disk achenes abortive.

Distribution:  2 species native to southern Africa, 1 naturalised in Australia.

Biology: No text

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