Arctotis auriculata Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Arctotis

Characteristics

Caulis frutescens, ramosulus, teres, calamum crassus, tripedalis, tomentosus, albus, erectiusculus. Pedunculi terminales, uniflori, plus minus semipedales, teretes, albi, erecti, bracteolis raris vestiti. Folia alterna, sublyrata, utringque subtillissime tomentosa, subtus incana, facie minus, plus minus quadriuncialia, crassa, amplexicaulis, ob lobos tamen sive auriculas infimas ad dorsum reflexas dumtaxat saepe sessilia; lobo extimo rhombeo obtuso vel acuto, subtrinervio, inaequaliter dentato; odore pauco abrotani praedita. Flos diametri duarum vel trium unciarum. Calycis glabri & virentis squamae exteriores in caudam exeunt subulatam reflexam & tomentoso-albam; interiores in laminan oblongam seariosam hyalinam rotundatum & concavam. Corollulae radii faemineae, fertilies, minutissime tridentatae, acutae, utrinque saturatissime luteae, vel in aliis individuis aurantiacae, modo macula fusca ad basin brevi donatae, modo destitutae. His germen est angulatum, hirsutum, calyculo coronatum proprio pentaphyllo ex foliolis oblongis obtusis erectis albidis. Corollulae disci luteae sant, cum aicibus laciniarum subtus nigricantibus, pauci versus radium calyculati & fertiles, reliquae steriles & calyculo destitutae. Receptaculum villosum. Rarius vidi quaedam folia auriculis carentia & longo petiolo sessili instructa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Germination duration (days) 21 - 35
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Distribution

Arctotis auriculata world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178536-1
WFO ID wfo-0000079194
COL ID GBS3
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Synonyms

Arctotis namaquana Arctotis auriculata Arctotis melanocycla Arctotis melanocycla