Arctotis and gazania

Shirley Meneice samclan@redshift.com
Tue, 02 Dec 2003 21:03:44 PST
That's close -- but no cigar!  The plant referred to as the Highway 
Daisy is Osteospermum fruticosum.

	Shirley Meneice

Nan Sterman wrote:
>> In a message dated 12/2/2003 7:48:33 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>> Talkingpoints@PlantSoup.Com writes:
>>
>>
>>>  In fact, throughout the western US, gazanias are commonly
>>>  called "freeway daisies."
>>>
>>
>> Hmmm.  In Southern California, the "freeway daisies" are Leptospermum.
> 
> 
> You might want to check that... as far as I know, Leptospermum is the 
> Australian tea tree (though I've never seen it larger than shrub size).  
> It has tiny white or rose or pink flowers that are shaped like the 
> flowers on peach/plum trees.  Take a look at these images of 
> leptospermum and see if this is what you were thinking of...
> 
> http://montereybaynsy.com/L/…
> 
> http://uni-bayreuth.de/obg/images/…
> 
> 
> Nan
> 


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