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Felicia canaliculata

Felicia canaliculata
Photo: Nick Helme, CC BY-SA 4.0

Felicia canaliculata is a low, grayish green, densely branched shrublet from the daisy family, growing up to about 40 cm tall with narrow, awl-shaped leaves and daisy-like flower heads. It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa, around Bredasdorp, and is not a commonly grown garden plant.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, as in its dry native habitat.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
Frost-tender in cold climates; protect below about 0 °C.
Native range
Cape Prov.

About

Felicia canaliculata is a grayish green shrublet in the family Asteraceae that grows up to 40 cm (16 in) in height. It has narrow, awl-shaped leaves, relatively large flower heads with approximately a dozen light purple to white ray florets encircling many yellow disc florets. It can only be found in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Where it grows

Felicia canaliculata is an endemic species that is restricted to an area south of Bredasdorp in South Africa.

Other Felicia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Felicia canaliculata 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.

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