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Cleretum bellidiforme
Also called Bokbaai Sandfig, Bokbaai Vygie, Buckbay Vygie
Livingstone daisy is a low, succulent annual from the Western Cape of South Africa, grown for its bright, many-petalled daisy flowers. In temperate areas it is grown as a half-hardy annual in summer bedding, and it needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Cleretum bellidiforme, commonly called Livingstone daisy, Bokbaaivygie (Afrikaans), or Buck Bay vygie, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Cape Peninsula in South Africa. It is a low-growing succulent annual growing to 25 cm (10 in), and cultivated for its iridescent, many-petalled, daisy-like blooms in shades of white, yellow, orange, cream, pink and crimson. In temperate areas it is popularly grown as a half-hardy annual, and lends itself to mass plantings or as edging plants in summer bedding schemes in parks and gardens. It is still widely referenced under its former names, Mesembryanthemum criniflorum, Mesembryanthemum bellidiformis and Dorotheanthus bellidiformis.
This is a well-known and popular garden annual in many areas around the world, available with flowers in numerous colours. It is found listed under a number of synonyms in seed catalogues. Seeds can be sown in a cold frame. Able to grow best in areas that are frost-free with little moisture. Former subspecies C. hestermalense is difficult to germinate, these germinate best when kept hot and dry over the summer. Flowers are capable of being grown in household locations such as "window boxes, troughs, and pots" in areas with long hours of sun. If grown in soil with bad drainage roots have the potential to be overcome by fungus.
C. belliforme is restricted to the winter rainfall regions of western South Africa, where it chiefly grows in the western half Western Cape. In the Northern Cape it is restricted to the desert lands bordering Western Cape northwest of the Cederberg, and inland from the southern stretch of the Atlantic coast. The distribution is patchy, not continuous.
Mainly utilized throughout the world for ornamental purposes.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cleretum bellidiforme by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
