| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Felicia echinata (Thunb.) Nees trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Gen. Sp. Aster.: 216 (1832) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 0-155m |
| Description | leaves dense, sessile, ovate-oblong or lanceolate, acerose-mucronate, patent, glabrous, ciliate-serrate, capitula in corymb, ca. 3cm, involucral bracts acuminate |
| Size | 30-90cm |
| Color | bluish purple, white |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
| Synonyms | Aster echinatus (Thunb.) Less. Aster echinatus var. paralia (DC.) Harv. Felicia paralia DC. Pteronia echinata Thunb. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |