Latin name: Dimorphotheca ecklonis D.C.
Pronunciation: di-mor-fo-THEE-ka ek-LONE-is
Common name: African daisy
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Escape from cultivation, often planted along freeways, naturalized from South Africa
Blooming period: Much of the year
Name derivations: 1) Dimorphotheca 2) ecklonis
Formerly Osteospermum ecklonis
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