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Asteraceae

Blue and white daisybush

Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Osteospermum

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Blue and white daisybush: Flower genus Osteospermum
Photo: Joaquim Alves Gaspar, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Blue and white daisybush
German
Bornholmmargerite

Synonyms

  • Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.