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Plant ID please

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cctvrec · 24/06/2021 18:47

Can anyone please tell me what plant this is please? It didn't come with a label, I just bought it on a whim and I'd like to find out something about it and maybe find another.

Plant ID please
Plant ID please
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Purplewithred · 24/06/2021 18:55

I think it’s an ostepspermum aka African daisy?

cctvrec · 24/06/2021 19:30

That's the one, thanks so much.

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NanTheWiser · 24/06/2021 21:33

It’s not Osteospermum, it’s what is now known as Senetti (used to be called Cineraria). They are tender, clump-forming perennials, and not hardy, so won’t survive winter outside.

OhRene · 25/06/2021 00:23

Thanks @NanTheWiser the leaves do match the Senetti. The Flowers match the African daisy too from what I find online but looking closer the leaves do differ.

MereDintofPandiculation · 25/06/2021 08:46

Yes, Nan is right. I’d noticed the leaves but couldn’t remember the name

Didn’t know about the name change. It seems what we knew as cineraria was a hybrid of two Canary Islands species. Then advances in taxonomy meant the genus name Cineraria was restricted to the S African species, with the Canary Is species being transferred to Pericallis. Senetti is simply a trade name for a particular strain of Pericallis hybrids

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