Dimorphotheca jucunda flowering over massed leaves

The narrowly lance-shaped leaves of Dimorphotheca jucunda often bear their acutely pointed tips erectly, the margins sparsely toothed. Young growth is covered in downy hairs. The pale leaf midribs are usually visible on the bright green to dark green blades.

Long, narrow involucral bracts grow in one row around the base of each head. The lower surfaces of the rays are darker than above, not always managing a coppery colour, as in this Kirstenbosch plant flowering in March. 

Insects taking liberties like leaving their eggs to hatch, their offspring to eat what they choose, are not ideal in plant welfare terms. The ones that fly in, partake of consumables and depart forthwith are preferred, but life doesnt always work like that. One has to take the worm with the rain and the sunshine (Manning, 2009; Pooley, 1998).