Ursinia

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Ursinia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Ursinia (John Ursinus, of Regensburg, 1608-1666; author of "Arboretum Biblicum"). Compositae. Here belongs the hardy annual known to the trade as Sphenogyne speciosa. Annuals, perennials, or subshrubs: lvs. alternate, serrate, pinnatifid or usually pinnatisect: rays the same color on both sides or purplish brown beneath; involucre hemispherical or broadly campanulate: achenes often 10-ribbed. — A genus of about 60 species, all native to S. Afr. One species, U. annua, is also found in Abyssinia. In Flora Capensis, vol. 3 (1864-65), Sphenogyne and Ursinia are treated as separate genera, the distinctions being as follows: the achene is cylindrical in Sphenogyne, but obovate or pear-shaped in Ursinia, distinctly tapering to the base: the pappus is uniseriate in the former, biseriate in the latter, the inner series consisting of 5 slender white bristles. In the course of time these distinctions have been dropped and Sphenogyne included in Ursinia. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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