Osteospermum amplectens flowerheads

The flowerheads of Osteospermum amplectens grow on long pedicels in loose clusters at stem-tips.

The whorl of pale orange to yellow ray florets overlap slightly, more of them present for one whorl of adjoining rays when spreading around the disc. The rays are oblong to narrowly elliptic with notched tips. The disc is dark, its florets opening yellow, scattered in a ring in picture.

The furled flowerhead on the right shows the dark-lined outer surfaces of the rays with greenish tips. Flowering happens from autumn to spring. The fruits are conspicuously three-winged, sometimes purple (Le Roux, et al, 2005; JSTOR; iNaturalist).