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. It has yellow or orange daisy-like inflorescences. Fruits have both pappus and hairs, making the seeds easily dispersed by wind. There are two known subspecies: *''Ursinia anthemoides'' subsp. ''anthemoides'' *''Ursinia anthemoides'' subsp. ''versicolor'' It was first described by

Carl Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

in the 1759

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GBIF Occurrence data for ''Ursinia anthemoides''
Queensland Government. Anthemideae Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces Plants described in 1759 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Anthemideae-stub