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Shortleaf Felicia

Felicia brevifolia

Shortleaf Felicia
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
Namibia to Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Felicia brevifolia is an evergreen, richly branched shrub of up to 11⁄2 m (5 ft) high, that is assigned to the family Asteraceae. It has elliptic to wedge-shaped leaves, of between 1⁄2 and 11⁄2 cm long, green to gray-green, many with several teeth. The flower heads have about fifteen blue-violet ray florets, encircling many yellow disc florets. This species grows in southern Namibia and the west of South Africa.

Where it grows

Felicia brevifolia can be found in two larger isolated populations, one between to the east of Lüderitz in Namibia, and in Namaqualand in South Africa. A small population is known from 45 km (28 mi) north of Calvinia and possibly from near Ceres.

Other Felicia plants

African Felicia · Felicia alba · Blue daisy · Soft Felicia · Felicia annectens · Felicia bellidioides · Kingfisher Daisy · Felicia cana · Felicia canaliculata · Pokkie Felicia · Broad Felicia · Felicia deserti

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Felicia brevifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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