Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Coastal shrubland

Range

South Africa

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This daisy grows in the rocky veldts of South Africa and spreads across fields. Its petals fold shut at night and rotate to track the sun throughout the daylight hours.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asterales

Family

Asteraceae

Genus

Dimorphotheca

Species

Dimorphotheca ecklonis