Osteospermum

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Read about Osteospermum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Osteospermum (Greek, bone seed). Compositae. A group of South African yellow-flowered shrubs or subshrubs, scarcely in cultivation. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite: heads many-fld. radiate; pistillate fls. all rays; staminate fls. all disks, with abortive ovules and style; involucre in few rows, the scales free: achenes of the ray drupaceous or nut-like, thick, very hard, glabrous and without pappus.—Thirty-eight species are known, all S. African. In Flora Capensis 3:433-436, the whole group is monographed. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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