Common name
English: Blue and white daisybush
German: Kapmargerite
Portuguese: Margarida-do-cabo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2603)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2502)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2116)
Order: Asterales (220)
Family: Asteraceae (218)(family description)
Genus: Osteospermum (1)
Epithet: ecklonis (DC.) Norl. (1)
Synonym: Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC.
ecklonis => after Dr. Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868)
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: purple, violet, pink, beige, white