About Osteospermum calendulaceum L.fil.
Osteospermum calendulaceum L.fil. is a plant species that belongs to the Asteraceae family. This species was first formally described in 1782 by Carl Linnaeus the Younger. In 1832, Christian Friedrich Lessing reclassified it into the genus Oligocarpus in his published work Synopsis Generum Compositarum. It is native to areas in southern Africa, specifically the Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces of South Africa, as well as Lesotho and Eswatini. It has been introduced to Hawaii, South Australia and Western Australia. Within Australia, it grows as an agricultural weed that occurs primarily on the shores of arid lagoons and on plains.
