Botanical Name: Dimorphotheca sinuata
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Common Name: Annual African Daisy, Cape Marigold  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Annual

 

Height Range

Under 1'

 

Flower Color

Orange, Yellow, White

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch, Spanish, Native Garden

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring, Summer

 

Location Uses

Perennial Border

 

Special Uses

Container

 

Attracts Wildlife

Butterflies

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

This annual flower is from South Africa and is frequently found in wild flower mixes. The flowers are daisy-like, in shades of yellows, oranges, and apricot, with a dark ring around the golden orange, dark-centered, central disk. The leaves are lightly hairy, often coarsely toothed, and oblong to oblanceolate in shape. It may reseed, but is an annual. Grows about a foot tall and wide.
Grow in well-drained soil in full sun; tolerates poor and gravelly soils. Broadcast seed in spring after danger of frost is past. Attracts butterflies.