Osteospermum ilicifolium (previously known as Nephrotheca ilicifolia) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae.

It is endemic to the Cape Provinces in South Africa.

[1][2][3][4] It is the sole species in section Nephrotheca within genus Osteospermum, which belongs to the Calendula tribe.

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