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Dimorphotheca spectabilis is a plant that belongs to the genus Dimorphotheca. The species is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa.
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About the genus · Dimorphotheca
Dimorphotheca is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa. is one of eight genera of the Calenduleae, with a centre of diversity in Southern Africa. Species are native to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Some species can hybridize with Osteospermum, and crosses are sold as cultivated ornamentals.
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Photographs
Photographs: (c) Tam, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) (4); (c) alanbedfordshaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA); (c) Justin Ponder, some rights reserved (CC BY).
Related
Other Dimorphotheca 9 in the reference
Dimorphotheca caulescens Longstem Rain Daisy Photo: CC0, author not stated
Dimorphotheca cuneata Bride's Bouquet Photo: CC BY, Christiaan Viljoen
Dimorphotheca ecklonis Vanstaden's river daisy Photo: CC BY, Thomas Mesaglio
Dimorphotheca fruticosa Asteraceae Photo: CC BY, Arnim Littek
Dimorphotheca jucunda Cape daisy Photo: CC BY, katuchka
Dimorphotheca nudicaulis African oxeye Photo: CC BY-SA, Tony Rebelo
Dimorphotheca pluvialis Weather prophet Photo: CC BY, Cricket Raspet
Dimorphotheca sinuata Glandular Cape marigold Photo: CC0, author not stated
Dimorphotheca tragus Asteraceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Tony Rebelo Names & registers
Also known as Castalis spectabilis. (GBIF Backbone)
Under another author Dimorphotheca ecklonis Harv. is an older name of this species, not Dimorphotheca ecklonis, a species of the reference. (GBIF Backbone)
The record
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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
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