| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Felicia ovata (Thunb.) Compton trib. Astereae |
| Bibliography | Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 19: 312 (1931) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to Free State |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 90-2000m |
| Description | branchlets long aristate, leaves opposite, crowded, linear-oblong, obtuse, thick, long aristate-ciliate, capitula solitary, involucral bracts barbate-ciliate, acute |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | blue |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
| 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 | Agathaea barbata DC. Agathaea strigosa (A.Spreng.) Nees Aster barbatus (DC.) Harv. Aster strigosus (A.Spreng.) Licht. ex Harv. & Sond. Detris barbata (DC.) Schltr. Felicia barbata (DC.) Schltr. Kaulfussia strigosa A.Spreng. Leysera ovata Thunb. Mairia felicioides Hutch. & Corbishley |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State) |