| Scientific Name: | Osteospermum cvs. |
| Common Name: | osteospermum, cape daisy |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Africa |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Horizontal |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Sheltered |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Lanceolate, Ovate, Spatulate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Orange, Yellow, Violet, Pink, Magenta, May-Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves lanceolate to obovate, irregular and entire margins; flower heads about 10cm wide, variety of colours, concave or curling petals, darker ray florets. | |