Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Grass
Perennial
Origin
North America, South America, Europe, Southern Africa, Asia
South Africa
Types
Hordeum jubatum
Shasta Daisy
Gloriosa Daisies
Painted Daisy
Pyrethrum Daisies
Number of Varieties
54
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds
gardens, Grassland
USDA Hardiness Zone
-999910-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
-
6-1
Sunset Zone
-
8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
-
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
60.00 cm15.20 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm45.70 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green
White, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Orange, Pink, Magenta
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Brown
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green, Gray Green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Fall
-
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Vertical
Arrowhead
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
-
Spring, Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam
The pH of Soil
-
Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Spring, Summer
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer, Early Fall, Fall
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Divison, Seedlings
Seedlings, Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water
Allow soil to be completely dry in between waterings, It cannot sustain wet-feet, Keep the ground moist but not water-logged, Water in morning to avoid prompting diseases, Water twice a day in the initial period
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
-
Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
-
Cut or pinch the stems, Prune regularly, Remove deadheads
Fertilizers
Nitrogen
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
wheat rust
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
✔
✘
✔
✘
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds
Bees, Butterflies
Allergy
Pollen
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
Beautification, Bouquets, Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Swollen eyelids
Cold, Cough, Stomach pain
Part of Plant Used
Root, Seeds
Flowers
Other Uses
Roasted seed is used as a coffee substitute, Used as a cereal in making bread, porridge
Showy Purposes, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Cutflower, Dried Flower/Everlasting, Edible, Wildflower
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Foundation, Groundcover, Hanging Basket, Mixed Border, Rock Garden, Wall
Botanical Name
HORDEUM jubatum
OSTEOSPERMUM
Common Name
Foxtail Barley, Wild Barley
African daisy or Blue-eyed Daisy
In Hindi
Foxtail Barley
अफ्रीकी डेज़ी
In German
Mähnengerste
African Daisy
In French
Foxtail Barley
marguerite africaine
In Spanish
La cebada de cola de zorra
margarita africana
In Greek
αλωπέκουρου Κριθάρι
Αφρικανική μαργαρίτα
In Portuguese
Foxtail Barley
africano margarida
In Polish
włośnica Jęczmień
Gerbery
In Latin
Hordeum foxtail
African primula
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Anthophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cyperales
Asterales
Family
Poaceae
Asteraceae
Genus
Hordeum
Osteospermum
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
Hordeeae
Calenduleae
Subfamily
Pooideae
Asteroideae
Number of Species
3050
1
27800
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