Felicia amelloides
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Felicia amelloides (blue daisy, blue marguerite) is a herbaceous perennial of family Asteraceae, native to South Africa. F. amelloides is synonymous with, and formerly known as, F. aethiopica, Aster amelloides, Aster capensis, and Aster coelestis.
F. amelloides is an evergreen shrublet usually about 0.3–0.6 x 0.5 m, but sometimes up to 1 m tall, with densely branched and frequently dark red stems, and rough, hairy, ovate green leaves. Striking blue and yellow flowers are typical of Asteraceae, about 30 mm in diameter, and borne on naked stalks up to 180 mm long.
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Felicia amelloides, Voss, not Schlechter 1898 Blue daisy. Blue marguerite. An old greenhouse plant, 1-2 ft., with roundish ovate opposite lvs. and large, solitary heads of an exquisite sky-blue. There is a variegated- lvd. variety. Grown easily from cuttings. Handled like a cineraria; or, if grown from spring cuttings for winter bloom, like a chrysanthemum, but with more heat in the fall. An elegant pot-plant, and useful for bedding in a protected place. Var. monstrosa,Hort. Fls. double the size of the type. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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