''Dimorphotheca pluvialis,'' common names white African daisy, Cape marigold, weather prophet, Cape rain-daisy, ox-eye daisy, Cape daisy or rain daisy, is a plant species native to

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and

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. It is sparingly naturalized in scattered locations in

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.Flora of North America ''Dimorphotheca pluvialis''
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herb up to 40 cm (16 in) tall. It has long, narrow leaves, sometimes

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but sometimes toothed or

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Ray flower The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae we ...

s are white to yellowish, sometimes with blue or purple markings.

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s are usually white to yellowish with purple tips.Moench, Conrad. Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis : a staminum situ describendi 585. 1794.Plantzafrica, ''Dimorphotheca pluvialis'' (L) Moench, Common Names: Ox-eye daisy, Rain Daisy, Cape Daisy, Witbotterblom
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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in South Africa
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pluvialis '' Pluvialis '' is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere. In breeding plumage, they all have largely black underparts, and golden or silvery upperparts. Th ...

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