OTHONNA INTERMEDIA

This member of the Asteraceae family was given this name by Robert Harold Compton in 1949. It is found around Knersvlakte in western South Africa, growing in a well drained quarts gravel with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 2,5 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant from ten to fifteen centimetres in height. The flowers are yellow.

The genera name from the Greek othone, 'a linen cloth or napkin', in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. The species is named for the diminutive size of the plant. I think this is a winter-grower. Partly exposed caudex from Africansucculents.eu. A drawings by G. D. Morris.