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'''''Felicia''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the [[Asteraceae|daisy family]].
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Felicia (for Herr Felix, a German official). Compositae. Herbs or sub-shrubs, grown under glass or as pot specimens.
 
Felicia (for Herr Felix, a German official). Compositae. Herbs or sub-shrubs, grown under glass or as pot specimens.
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Leaves alternate, entire or dentate: heads usually long-peduncled, the corolla blue or white, the disk yellow. Much like Aster, from which it differs in having pappus bristles in one series, and in other technical characters.—Forty to 50 species in Afr.
 
Leaves alternate, entire or dentate: heads usually long-peduncled, the corolla blue or white, the disk yellow. Much like Aster, from which it differs in having pappus bristles in one series, and in other technical characters.—Forty to 50 species in Afr.
 
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About 90 species<ref>Ortiz, S. (2007). A new species of ''Felicia'' L. (Asteraceae, Astereae) from South Africa. ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' 154(4) 545-8.</ref>.
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Species include:
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*''[[Felicia abyssinica]]''
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*''[[Felicia alba]]''
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*''[[Felicia amelloides]]''
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*''[[Felicia bergeriana]]''
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*''[[Felicia echinata]]''
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*''[[Felicia erigeroides]]''
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*''[[Felicia filifolia]]''
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*''[[Felicia fruticosa]]''
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*''[[Felicia gunillae]]''
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*''[[Felicia martinsiana]]''
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*''[[Felicia merxmuelleri]]''
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*''[[Felicia muricata]]''
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*''[[Felicia rosulata]]''
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*''[[Felicia tenella]]''
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:23, 21 July 2010


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Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Felicia >


Felicia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.


Read about Felicia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Felicia (for Herr Felix, a German official). Compositae. Herbs or sub-shrubs, grown under glass or as pot specimens.

Leaves alternate, entire or dentate: heads usually long-peduncled, the corolla blue or white, the disk yellow. Much like Aster, from which it differs in having pappus bristles in one series, and in other technical characters.—Forty to 50 species in Afr. CH


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Species

About 90 species[1].

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  1. ↑ Ortiz, S. (2007). A new species of Felicia L. (Asteraceae, Astereae) from South Africa. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 154(4) 545-8.
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