Berkheya purpurea

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Arctotideae
Subtribus: Gorteriinae
Genus: Berkheya
Species: Berkheya purpurea
Name

Berkheya purpurea (DC.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Mast.
Synonyms

Crocodilodes purpureum (DC.) Kuntze
Stobaea purpurea DC.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Africa
Regional:Southern Africa
South Africa (Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Cape Prov.), Lesotho

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D., The Gardeners' Chronicle. London 1872:1262, fig. 290. 1872

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Berkheya purpurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Berkheya purpurea. Published online. Accessed: May 19 2018. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Berkheya purpurea in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 May 19.
Tropicos.org 2018. Berkheya purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 19 May 2018. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Berkheya purpurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.
Berkheya purpurea (syn. Stobaea purpurea DC.), also known as purple berkheya, is a member of the daisy family (Asteraceae) of flowering plants. Like most members of its genus, Berkheya, it is native to southern Africa.
Description

This herbaceous perennial grows to a height of 75 cm (30 in). It has a 90 cm (35 in) rosette of spiky leaves, each leaf being 45 cm (18 in) in length and 10 cm (3.9 in) broad. The leaves have a white felted underside. From the centre of each rosette grows a stem with 8 cm (3.1 in) successional flowers on side branches. The daisy-like composite blooms have white or pale mauve ray florets surrounding a central head of darker purple. It flowers in summer.[1]
Distribution

This plant is native to Lesotho and South Africa (in Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape).[2]
Cultivation

Berkheya purpurea is hardy to −10 °C (14 °F), but requires a sheltered position in full sun, with moist but well-drained soil.[1]
References

"Berkheya purpurea". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

"Berkheya purpurea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.

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)". Cladistics. 22 (3). Blackwell Publishing: 199–221. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2006.00109.x.