Asteraceae

Thorny salad bush

Didelta spinosa (L.f.) Aiton

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Didelta

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Thorny salad bush: Didelta spinosa , flowerheads; Nardouwsberg Pass, Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa — Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Slaaibos
English: Thorny salad bush

Synonyms

Favonium spinosum Gaertn.
Polymnia spinosa L.f.

Photos

Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Winfried Bruenken, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.