Euryops chrysanthemoides

Euryops chrysanthemoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Euryops
Species:	E. chrysanthemoides
Binomial name
	Euryops chrysanthemoides; (DC.) B.Nord.
Synonyms
	Gamolepis chrysanthemoides DC.

Euryops chrysanthemoides (with the common names African bush daisy or bull's-eye) is a small shrub native to Southern Africa that is also grown as a horticultural specimen in tropical to subtropical regions around the world.[1]

Description

Detail of Euryops chrysanthemoides flower

It is a compact, densely branched, leafy, evergreen shrub, 0.5 to 2m in height. The leaf surface is smooth and green. The species was moved to Euryops from the genus Gamolepis on the basis of chromosome counts.[2]

Distribution

Euryops chrysanthemoides is indigenous to southern Africa, where it occurs in the Eastern Cape, along the coast and inland, to KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Swaziland. It is usually found on forest edges, in riverine bush and in ravines, as well as in coastal scrub, grassland and disturbed areas. It is a ruderal weed in New South Wales, although it is not invasive in all places where it is cultivated or has naturalized.[3]

References

Gilman, Edward F.; Linda Landrum (October 1999). "Gamolepis chrysanthemoides Fact Sheet FPS-220" (PDF). University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
Ornduff, Robert; Peter H. Raven; Donald W. Kyhos; A. R. Kruckeberg (February 1963). "Chromosome Numbers in Compositae. III. Senecioneae". American Journal of Botany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 50, No. 2. 50 (2): 131–139. doi:10.2307/2439846. JSTOR 2439846.
Harden, Gwen J.; editor (1993). Flora of New South Wales. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-172-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

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[1] Gilman, Edward F.; Linda Landrum (October 1999). "Gamolepis chrysanthemoides Fact Sheet FPS-220" (PDF). University of Florida Cooperative Extension Service Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2006. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

[2] Ornduff, Robert; Peter H. Raven; Donald W. Kyhos; A. R. Kruckeberg (February 1963). "Chromosome Numbers in Compositae. III. Senecioneae". American Journal of Botany. American Journal of Botany, Vol. 50, No. 2. 50 (2): 131–139. doi:10.2307/2439846. JSTOR 2439846.

[3] Harden, Gwen J.; editor (1993). Flora of New South Wales. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-172-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)