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Arctotis breviscapa Thunb.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Arctotis

Characteristics

Tufted annual to 20 cm. Leaves lanceolate to pinnatifid, discolorous, woolly beneath, glabrescent above. Flower heads radiate, solitary, subscapose, rays orange or yellow, red on reverse, disc black; outer bracts with linear, felted, reflexed tail. Achenes with 2 lateral elongate cavities.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 21 - 35
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
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Distribution

Arctotis breviscapa world distribution map, present in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, India, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178540-1
WFO ID wfo-0000068566
COL ID GBS9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Damatris pudica Arctotis leptorhiza Anemonospermos leptorhiza Haplocarpha pudica Arctotis leptorhiza var. leptorhiza Arctotis leptorhiza var. breviscapa Arctotis breviscapa
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