Cape marigold
Dimorphotheca sinuata DC.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 20 cm
- wide
- —
Asteraceae
Also called Namaqualand daisy, African beauty, Ox-eye daisy, African daisy, Namaqualand Rain Daisy
Formerly Acanthotheca dentata, Acanthotheca integrifolia, Dimorphotheca calendulacea, Dimorphotheca dentata, and 2 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Namibia to Cape Prov.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 10 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orangeRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: spread, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (11)
- Afrikaans
- jakkalsbossie, Jakkalsblom, jakkalsbloubossie
- Finnish
- keltasääkukka
- Spanish
- caléndula del Cabo
- Japanese
- アフリカキンセンカ
- Swedish
- solvisare
- Chinese (China)
- 异果菊
- Polish
- Dimorfoteka pomarańczowa
- Slovak
- dvojtvárnik vykrajovaný
- Russian
- Разноплодница выемчатая
- Turkish
- Las Vegas Nergisi
- Chinese
- 齿状二形菊, 齿状异果菊
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Dimorphotheca sinuata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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