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Felicia josephinae
Doublecream Felicia is a small, hairy, one-year daisy from the west coast of South Africa that flowers in spring, September and October. It grows from seed each season and needs winter rain and open, sandy ground.
Felicia josephinae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a roughly hairy annual herbaceous plant of 15–20 cm (6–8 in) high. It branches near its base, and has few leaves along its stems. The lower leaves are set oppositely, inverted lance-shaped, relatively large at 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 0.7–1.3 cm (0.3–0.5 in) wide, and soon withering, while the higher ones are smaller and relatively narrower. In the axils of the leaves grow flower heads of 7–8 mm (about 1⁄3 in) wide on stalks of up to 5 cm (2.0 in) long, topped with an involucre of about 5 mm (0.20 in) high and 4 mm (0.16 in) wide, consisting of eleven to thirteen bracts in two rows with bristles near the tip, eight to nine white or cream-coloured ligulate florets surrounding fourteen or fifteen deep purple disc florets. Flowers can be found in September and October.
Felicia josephinae only occurs in a small area on the west coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa between Lambert's Bay in the north, Elands Bay in the south, and the Sandberg, east of Leipoldtville. It grows on dunes and hills in a vegetation type called Strandveld Succulent Karoo, which occurs on chalky sands in the coastal plain, dominated by sparse shrubs, in particular Salvia lanceolata, skilpadbessie bos Muraltia spinosa, and several succulent Euphorbia species. Many annuals appear seasonally between the shrubs in the open spaces, including many Scrophulariaceae such as Alonsoa unilabiata, Hemimeris racemosa, Lyperia tristis, Nemesia affinis and N. bicomis, and the daisies Arctotis hirsuta, Dimorphotheca pluvialis and Trichogyne verticillata. F. josephinae is restricted to the very southern part of the Strandveld Succulent Karoo, with shallow sands overlying more compact sandstone-derived substrates. This species grows in an area in which the rains fall almost exclusively during the winter.
African Felicia · Felicia alba · Blue daisy · Soft Felicia · Felicia annectens · Felicia bellidioides · Kingfisher Daisy · Shortleaf Felicia · Felicia cana · Felicia canaliculata · Pokkie Felicia · Broad Felicia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Felicia josephinae 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.
