Taxon: Osteospermum scariosum DC.

Summary

Genus:

Osteospermum

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Calenduleae

Nomen number:

26151

Place of publication:

Prodr. 6:464. 1838 ("1837")

Verified:

11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

6 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Tripteris flexuosa Harv.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
Guillarmod, A. J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho.
Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
Norlindh, T. 1943. Studies in the Calenduleae I. Monograph of the genera Dimorphotheca, Castalis, Osteospermum, Gibbaria and Chrysanthemoides. 311-321.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Botswana		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia		Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Free State	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Gauteng	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Northern Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	North-West	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Western Cape	Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.

Native
Africa

SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North-West, Western Cape]

Reference(s)

Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa. Note: = Tripteris aghillana DC.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26151. Accessed 12 May 2026.