Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Dimorphotheca pluvialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Dimorphotheca
Species: D. pluvialis
Binomial name
Dimorphotheca pluvialis
(L.) Moench
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Calendula decurrens Thunb.
  • Calendula hybrida L.
  • Calendula pluvialis L
  • Calendula versicolor Salisb.
  • Dimorphotheca annua Less.
  • Dimorphotheca calendulacea var. dubia Phillips
  • Dimorphotheca hybrida (L.) DC.
  • Dimorphotheca incrassata Moench
  • Dimorphotheca leptocarpa DC.
  • Gattenhoffia pluvialis Druce

Dimorphotheca pluvialis, common names "Ox-Eye daisy", "Cape Daisy" or "Rain Daisy", is a plant species native to South Africa but naturalized on disturbed locations along coastal regions of California.[3]

Dimorphotheca pluvialis is an annual herb up to 40 cm (16 cm) tall. It has long, narrow leaves, sometimes entire but sometimes toothed or pinnately lobed. Ray flowers are white to yellowish, sometimes with blue or purple markings. Disc flowers are usually white to yellowish with purple tips.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Flora of North America v 19 p 381.
  4. ↑ Moench, Conrad. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 585. 1794.