Euryops
Encyclopedia
Euryops is a genus of flowering plant
in the Asteraceae
family.
It contains the following species:
E. pecinatus is widely used as a garden plant, especially in urban areas, because of its hardiness and its almost perpetual flowering regime. It grows best in full sun and well drained deep soils.
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
in the Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
family.
It contains the following species:
- Euryops chrysanthemoidesEuryops chrysanthemoidesEuryops chrysanthemoides or African bush daisy is a small shrub native to Southern Africa that is also grown as a horticultural specimen in tropical to subtropical regions around the world. It occurs in the Eastern Cape, along the coast and inland, to KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Swaziland...
- Euryops mucosusEuryops mucosusEuryops mucosus is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It is found only in Namibia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
- Euryops pectinatusEuryops pectinatusEuryops pectinatus is a species of Euryops in the family Asteraceae....
- Euryops virgineus
- Euryops walterorumEuryops walterorumEuryops walterorum is a species of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It is found only in Namibia.-References:* Craven, P. 2004. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
E. pecinatus is widely used as a garden plant, especially in urban areas, because of its hardiness and its almost perpetual flowering regime. It grows best in full sun and well drained deep soils.