Felicia petiolata

Shrubby perennial to c. 1 m high and wide; stems, leaves and bracts sparsely to moderately covered with coarse, antrorsely appressed hairs. Leaves c. ovate to elliptic, 1–3 cm long, 5–15 mm wide (including petiole to c. 8 mm long), distantly and shallowly toothed. Capitula solitary on terminal naked peduncles to 18 cm long. Involucral bracts oblanceolate, 5–8 mm long, green with pale margins, sometimes purplish; ray florets mauve to blue, 15–22 mm long, fewer than disc florets. Cypselas narrowly elliptic, 2–3 mm long, minutely whitish-pubescent; pappus c. 5 mm long. Flowers Aug.–Oct.