Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • Other Parks, Gardens and Reserves
    • Reference Sites
    • OWF Sites
  • Origins
    • Articles
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
Home Home » GENERA D-F » Felicia » Felicia erigeroides flowerhead
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 8,771
Total number of hits on all images: 3,764,523

Felicia erigeroides flowerhead

Felicia erigeroides flowerhead
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 11 of 28  
Next Next
Image 13 of 28  
  • Felicia echinata leaves
  • Felicia erigeroides
  • Felicia erigeroides bud
  • Felicia erigeroides flowerhead
  • Felicia erigeroides leaves
  • Felicia filifolia
  • Felicia filifolia casual in spring

Image information

Description

The daisy-shaped flowerheads of Felicia erigeroides grow in clusters at stem tips, each solitary upon its erect, green peduncle of up to 4 cm in length. Flowerheads may about cover a healthy plant at bloom-time, the show lasting from autumn to midwinter.

One row of initially often pale ray florets, varying in shades of white, pink, mauve and lilac, surround the yellow discs; their colour deepening as they age. Flowerheads measure from 1 cm to 2 cm in diameter, although older flowers have their rays curling back, reducing flowerhead width.

After flowering the seedheads appear fluffy for a while before wind disperses the tiny, pale brown seeds. The flight is facilitated by a hairy pappus attached at the tip of each seed (www.plantzafrica.com).

Hits
141
Photographer
Thabo Maphisa
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery