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Asteraceae

Stinking roger

Osteospermum calendulaceum L.f.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Osteospermum

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Stinking roger: KRT4106
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
小花金盏菊
English
Stinking roger

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Annual
In the US and Canada
Hawaii: introduced

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.