Osteospermum ilicifolium
Genus of plants
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Osteospermum ilicifolium (previously known as Nephrotheca ilicifolia), the jolly boneseed,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces in South Africa.[1][3][4][5]
| Jolly Boneseed | |
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| Found in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Calenduleae |
| Genus: | Osteospermum |
| Species: | O. ilicifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Osteospermum ilicifolium L. (1759) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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It is the sole species in section Nephrotheca within genus Osteospermum, which belongs to the Calendula tribe.[6][7]