The African Daisy Screensaver - Version 1.1 The free screensaver, The African Daisy, was created by RateMyScreensaver.com and contains 11 high resolution images of sunflower family. Osteospermum is a genus belonging to the Calenduleae, one of the smaller tribes of the sunflower family (Asteraceae). There are about 50 species, native to Africa, 35 species in southern Africa, and southwestern Arabia. They are half-hardy perennials or subshrubs.