Dimorphotheca pluvialis, common names white African daisy, Cape marigold, weather prophet,[3]Cape rain-daisy,[4]ox-eye daisy,[5]Cape daisy[5] or rain daisy,[5] is a plant species native to South Africa and Namibia.[5] It is sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in California.[6][7]
Dimorphotheca pluvialis is an annual herb up to 40 cm (16 in) tall. It has long, narrow leaves, sometimes entire but sometimes toothed or pinnately lobed. Ray flowers are white to yellowish, sometimes with blue or purple markings. Disc flowers are usually white to yellowish with purple tips.[5][6][8][9]
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^BSBI List 2007(xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
spring flower season large fields of blooming White rain daisies (Dimorphothecapluvialis), Gousblom (Arctotis hirsuta), Magriet (Ursinia anthemoides), Livingstone...
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into seedheads. It may grow in the vicinity of the Cape daisy, Dimorphothecapluvialis, blue flax, Heliophila coronopifolia or in the shade of rooi malva...
Nemesia affinis and N. bicomis, and the daisies Arctotis hirsuta, Dimorphothecapluvialis and Trichogyne verticillata. F. josephinae is restricted to the...