What is "osteospermum"

n. Any of the genus (taxlink Osteospermum genus noshow=1) of subshrubs.

Osteospermum , the daisybushes is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae.

Osteospermum used to belong to the genus Dimorphotheca, but only the annual species remain in that genus; the perennials belong to Osteospermum. The genus Osteospermum is also closely related to the small genus Chrysanthemoides, such as C. incana and '' C. monilifera''.