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Livingstone|ˈlɪvɪŋstən|
[Origin unknown.]
A name used attrib. to designate the Livingstone daisy, a small, annual, succulent plant, Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Mesembryanthemum criniflorum), native to the Cape Province of South Africa, and bearing daisy-like flowers.
1934B. P. Mansfield in Gardeners' Chronicle 19 May 330/1 The Livingstone Daisy. From..seed catalogues.., I gather that Mesembryanthemum criniflorum is introduced as a 1934 novelty. 1950W. E. Shewell-Cooper Compl. Gardener iii. 243 The ‘Livingstone Daisy’ is a delightful annual with fairy-tale flowers in many lovely shades of pink, crimson, pale or golden-yellow or apricot. 1960House & Garden Aug. 53/2 South Africans like..the Livingstone Daisy. 1971Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 May 36/5 There is another Mesembryanthemum, M. criniflorum, known as the Livingstone Daisy, which is a delightful little spreading carpeter. |