The pretty flowers are very nicely pictured!
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Osteospermum ecklonis* (DC.) Norl., Studies in the Calenduleae I. 244. > 1943 > Syn: Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC. > > Common names:: Vanstaden's river daisy, Cape Marguerite > > There seems to be lot of confusion about the accepted name. GRIN considers > Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC. as accepted. To confuse things further The Plant > List considers both as accepted names. Wikipedia mentions that perennial > species of Dimophotheca are placed in Osteospermum, and finally the ITIS, > considered to be the most reliable database considers Osteospermum ecklonis > as accepted name. > > The species is differentiated from species of Dimorphotheca in perennial > habit, smaller azure-blue disc and overlapping ray florets. > > Low perennial herb or almost a subshrub usually less than 60 cm tall with > alternate 5-8 cm long obovate to oblanceolate leaves, somewhat remotely > toothed, pubescent; heads solitary on long peduncles, 5-7 cm n diam.; ray > florets pale purple to almost white above, purple beneath with white > margin; disc small in size with sterile florets, azure-blue; achenes > straight, hard without pappus. > Photographed from Delhi University Flower Show > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > --
