Felicia

Fe-liss'i-a. A large genus of chiefly South African subshrubs (rarely annuals).

Description
Leaves alternate or opposite, or sometimes in rosettes. Flowerheads showy, usually blue, and radiating.

How to Grow
The species below need cool weather and well-drained, average to dry soil; best suited to West Coast and cool northern gardens. Start seeds indoors in spring. Set out in full sun after danger of frost is past.

Felicia amelloides
Blue Marguerite ; Blue Daisy . Bushy shrub, 1-3 ft. (30-90 cm) high. Flowerheads solitary, daisylike, 1 in. (2.5 cm) wide, the numerous rays blue to purple, the small disk flowers yellow. Also sold as Agathea coelestis . South Africa. Half-hardy annual.

Felicia Bergerana
Kingfisher Daisy . 4-8 in. (10-20 cm) high. Flowerheads bright blue, solitary, ¾ in. (19 mm) wide. Good for window boxes. South Africa. Half-hardy annual.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: genus of tropical African herbs or subshrubs with usually blue flowers
  Synonym: genus Felicia

Felicia
Gender	Female
Meaning	happiness
Origin	Latin
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with "Felicia "

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The name Felicia (a Latin female version of "Felix", meaning happiness) is associated with saints, poets, astronomical objects, plant genera, fictional characters, and animals, especially cats.

People

• Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer and one of the contestants in Swedish Idol 2006
• St. Felicia Meda, a Poor Clare and Founding Abbess of Pesaro, 1444
• Felicia (Darkstalkers), a catgirl from the Capcom video game series Darkstalkers
• Felicia Browne Hemans (1793–1835), English poet
• Felicia Farr (born 1932), actress, widow of Jack Lemmon
• Felicia Day, American actress
• Felicia Pearson, American actress from The Wire
• Felicia Barton, a semifinalist on the eighth season of American Idol

Other

• Felicia Hardy, more commonly known by her alias Black Cat, a Marvel Comics character
• Felicia Tilman, a fictional character in Desperate Housewives played by Harriet Sansom Harris
• Felicia Forrester, a fictional character in The Bold and the Beautiful
• Škoda Felicia, an automobile
• Felicia's Journey, a 1992 novel by Irish novelist William Trevor which was made into a movie by Atom Egoyan
• "Felicia No Capecia" was made famous by Louis Prima in the early 20th century
• Hurricane Felicia, named by the National Hurricane Center in 1997, did not hit land and took no casualties
• 294 Felicia, an asteroid in the main belt of the solar system
• Felicia (genus), a genus of the sunflower family (Asteraceae)

See also

• The Sony FeliCa, a smart card system, sometimes misidentified as "the Sony Felicia".

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