Dimorphotheca sinuata

Bushy Kapringelblume ( Dimorphotheca sinuata )

The Bushy Kapringelblume ( Dimorphotheca sinuata ) is a plant of the genus Kapringelblumen ( Dimorphoteca ) in the sunflower family ( Asteraceae).

Features

Dimorphotheca sinuata is an annual herbaceous plant that reaches stature heights of 10 to 30 centimeters. Stems and leaves are almost bare. The aromatic leaves are verkehrteilanzettlich, rough, serrated cambered, 7 to 10 centimeters long and 2-3 centimeters wide.

The bloom conditions open in full sun, have a diameter of 3 to 4 centimeters and contain tongue (ray flowers) and tubular flowers ( disc florets ). The radial symmetry tubular flowers are purplish brown. The zygomorphic ray florets are yellow, orange, salmon pink or white, the reason is partly dyed deep purple.

The flowering period extends from July to September, some of them also begins in June.

As fruits achenes are formed. The Ächanen the view from the tubular flowers of different as those of the ray florets. This is also the botanical genus name is derived: from the Greek words dis for two, for morphe shape and thecal for fruit.

Occurrence

The Bushy Kapringelblume comes from the south-western Africa. It comes in the Western Cape Province, in Namaqualand and Namibia in Annuellenfluren on sandy soils and Kalkrippen.

Culture

The Bushy Kapringelblume is used as an ornamental plant in summer discounts, perennial beds and rock gardens as well as a container plant and cut flower. The sowing of seed culture in the cold frame can take place in March, the early plants can be planted or sown directly in the field from April mid-May. It prefers a sunny garden, sandy location that is not damp.

It is mostly cultivated not the type itself but hybrids with the rain notifier Kapringelblume ( Dimorphoteca pluvialis ), so-called Aurantiaca hybrids. These have flower heads with a diameter of up to 12 inches and 15 to 50 inches high.

Varieties (selection):

• 'Summer Fashion ': 30 inches high, with pastel flowers
• ' Tetra Goliath ': 40 to 50 inches high, large inflorescences, is used as a cut flower
• 'Spring Flash Orange': compact plant, flowers orange

Documents

• Eckhart J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller, K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany Volume 5 Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.
• Description from plantzafrica (English )