Berkheya purpurea

Purple berkheya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Berkheya
Species: B. purpurea
Binomial name
Berkheya purpurea

Berkheya purpurea (Purple berkheya; syn. Stobaea purpurea DC.) is a perennial member of the subfamily (Arctotideae) of the Asteraceae family of flowering plants. Like most members of its genus, Berkheya, it is native to southern Africa.

References

  • Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
  • Karis, Per Ola (2006). Morphological data indicates two major clades of the subtribe Gorteriinae (Asteraceae-Arctotideae). Blackwell Publishing.


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