Ursinia anthemoides

Common name: Ursinia

Meaning of name:

Ursinia is named in honour of Johannes Heinrich Ursinus (1608 – 1667), superintendent of the botanic gardens at Regensburg, Germany. Anthemoides is from the genus Anthemis and the Greek suffix oides, meaning like.

Distribution:

Occurs in the southwest of Western Australia.

Description:

An erect annual to 50 centimetres with feathery leaves. The brownish yellow flowers are produced in August and September. The seed heads are more conspicuous giving the appearance of bunches of five-petalled white flowers.

Notes:

This species is originally from Namibia.

References:

Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. Third edition 2019.

Western Weeds, A Guide to the Weeds of Western Australia. BMJ Hussey, GJ Keighery, J Dodd, SG Lloyd, RD Cousens. 1997.

Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51269054

Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8255