Osteospermum ‘Osjaseclipur’
Soprano lilac spoon African daisy
The Soprano Lilac Spoon is a hybrid of Osteospermum, a genus related to sunflowers and commonly known as African daisies. (Osteospermum means “bone seed.”) It is a cultivar, not found in the wild, derived from Osteospermum ecklonis.
Plants: Most African daises resemble their North American counterparts, but a few cultivars, like this one, have unique spoon-shaped petals. This is a cultivar of O. ecklonis. Plants are 9–10″ high ⨉ ~1′ around (24–26 ⨉ 35–40 cm).
Leaves: Alternate, elliptic, with broadly acute apexes. Leaf bases have irregular serrations. They are 1½–1¾″ (4–4.5 cm) long.
Flowers: 1¾–2″ (5–5.5 cm) in diameter, purple with blue centers, blooming early.
Fruits: Seeds are elliptic, 1/16–3/16″ (3–6 mm).
The spoon-shaped flower petals are unique to only a few cultivars. 
Here are three similar cultivars with spoon-shaped petals, from the patent application:
| Cultivar | Size | Flowers |
| Osteospermum ‘Osdapur’ | 8–9 ⨉ 12–15″ (20–24 ⨉ 30–38 cm) | Spatulate, larger, better spoons, early blooming, 2″ (6 cm), light purple |
| Osteospermum ‘Osjaseclipur’ | 9–10″ ⨉ ~1′ (24–26 ⨉ 35–40 cm) | Spatulate, early blooming, 1¾–2″ (5–5.5 cm), purple |
| Osteospermum ‘Nashinga Purple’ | 1–1½ ⨉ ~2′ (40–45 ⨉ 66–70 cm) | Spatulate, narrow spoons, late blooming, 2″ (5.5 cm), light purple |
Online References:
8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 1½ × 1′ (51 × 40 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Osteospermum | From the Greek osteon, “bone,” and sperma, which in Greek compound words means “-seeded”, thus meaning “hard-seeded” |
Osteospermum ‘Osjaseclipur’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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