Dimorphotheca sinuata, the glandular Cape marigold, Namaqualand daisy, or orange Namaqualand daisy; syn. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca hort.) is a species of plant native to southern Africa. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and naturalized in parts of the United States, primarily California and Arizona.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Cape marigold being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Arctotis hirsuta
- Ursinia cakilefolia
- Arctotis subacaulis
- Arctotis fastuosa
- Dimorphotheca pinnata
- Gazania heterochaeta
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Dimorphotheca
- Species
- Dimorphotheca sinuata
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