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Scientific Name:
Osteospermum cvs.
Pronunciation:
oss-tee-oh-SPUR-mum
Common Name:
osteospermum, cape daisy
Family Name:
Asteraceae
Plant Type:
Annual (grown as)
Key ID Features:
Leaves usually alternate, lanceolate to obovate, 4-10cm long x 1-3cm wide, slightly fleshy, margins entire or irregularly denate to pinnately lobed; flower heads 5-10cm wide; disk florets dark purple, blue, or yellow; ray florets 12-30, most obolanceolate, may close together at night, white, pink, purple, lavender, yellow, orange, or bicolor.

Habit:
Dense, Horizontal
Form:
Mounded, Oval - horizontal
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.3 - 0.6m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Africa - southern, Garden origin
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Sheltered
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket
Additional Info:

Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Leathery
Surfaces:
Colour in Fall:
Green
Shapes:
Lanceolate, Ovate, Spatulate
Apices:
Acute
Margins:
Dentate, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy)
Additional Info:
cultivars can be distinguished by the shape of their leaves

Inflorescence Type:
Head (capitulum), Floriferous
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Corolla Shape:
Ligulate
Ovary Position:
Inferior
Colour (petals):
Showy, White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Purple, Pink, Magenta (Summer heat slows flower development)
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Fruit Type:
Achene
Fruit Colour:
Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct, Nov
Additional Info:
Fruit insignificant

Bark or Stem Colour:
Green
Propagation:
Seed, Softwood cuttings, Stem tip cuttings
Maintenance:
Medium
Pest Susceptibility:
Diptera - true flies, Mildew, Mites, Root rot, Thrips, Wilt (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant, Drought tolerant)
Specific Pests:
Fungus gnats, Verticillium wilt

Course(s):
  • HORT 1193/1293
  • HORT 2355
Location(s):
  • (GNH)  GreeNHouse
  • (HPZ)  Horticulture PlaZa
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