Perennial herb to 50 cm tall, rhizomatous, glandular-hairy. Stems decumbent, erect or ascending, branched from base. Leaves lanceolate to spathulate, to 15 cm long, to 2 cm wide, margins sparsely toothed, decreasing in size up the stem. Capitula solitary, to 6 cm across; autumn to early spring. Ray florets reddish above and light orange-brown below. Disk florets yellow or deep purple. Achenes about 7 mm long, 3-angled. [Dimorphotheca barberiae Harv.]
South Africa
Source: (2002). Dahlia. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Osteospermum barberiae)
