Most species have yellow ray florets, a few have white, and B. purpurea has light purple or mauve florets. B. purpurea is cultivated as an ornamental plant. Some Berkheya are known as weeds. Berkheya are associated with a variety of weevils in the genus Larinus. The tephritid fruit fly Urophora agromyzella is also found on the plants. Species incl...
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This upright perennial is found in the damp, rocky grasslands in the Drakensberg Mountains, Natal. It is scantily branched and covered with slender, deeply and irregularly lobed, spiny, dark green leaves. The flowers resemble Daisies and they have a spiny calyx beneath; they are bright yellow centered with orange-yellow. They grow on branching, spi...
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