Dimorphotheca ecklonis de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. 6: 71. 1838

Perennials, subshrubs, or shrubs, 10–100+ cm. Leaf blades obovate or oblong to elliptic or ob-lanceolate, 30–50(–100+) × 10–20(–40+) mm, margins entire or denticulate, faces stipitate-glandular (at least distal leaves), glabrescent. Peduncles (25–)50–150+ mm. Phyllaries 12–16+, 10–15+ mm. Ray florets 12–21+; corollas abaxially usually violet to blue or purplish, sometimes cream to pink or salmon, adaxially whitish to blue or purplish, laminae (15–)20–45+ mm. Disc florets 40–60+; corollas ± purplish, 3.5–4.5 mm. Cypselae 6–7 mm. 2n = 20.

Flowering Dec–Apr. Disturbed places; 0–200 m; introduced; Calif.; Africa.