Weeds of Australia - Fact Sheet

Top Scientific Name Synonyms Family Common Names Origin Naturalised Distribution Notes

Scientific Name

Dimorphotheca ecklonis DC.

Synonyms

Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl.

Family

Asteraceae (Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia and the Northern Territory)
Compositae (South Australia)

Common Names

African daisy, African veldt daisy, blue and white daisybush, blue daisybush, blue-and-white daisy bush, blue-and-white daisybush, Cape daisy, Cape marguerite, dimorphotheca, freeway daisy, osteospermum, sailor boy daisy, star of the veldt, Sunday's river daisy, Van Staden's osteospermum, Van Staden's river daisy, Vanstaden's daisy, Vanstaden's river daisy, veldt daisy, white daisy bush, white daisybush, white veldt daisy

Origin

Native to south-western Africa (i.e. Cape Province in South Africa).

Naturalised Distribution

This species is becoming widely naturalised in eastern Australia (i.e. in south-eastern Queensland and some parts of eastern New South Wales) and in south-western Western Australia.

Also naturalised overseas in south-western USA (i.e. California).

Notes

African daisy (Dimorphotheca ecklonis) is regarded as an emerging environmental weed in New South Wales and Western Australia, and as a potential environmental weed or "sleeper weed" in other parts of southern Australia.