Arctotis perfoliata Beauverd

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Arctotis

Characteristics

Perennial subshrub, stems sprawling, slender with distinct internodes, 0.1-0.4 m high. Leaves petiolate, ovate-cordate, pilose above, white-tomentose below. Involucre: base rounded, bracts in few rows, outer bracts tomentose-pilose, apex erect. Ray florets female, fertile, limb yellow. Disc florets few, corolla yellow. Filaments smooth. Flowering time Sept.-Jan. Pappus absent. Cypselae obovoid, glabrous, 3 abaxial wings forming 2 obovate-linear cavities, basal ring of hairs absent.
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Sprawling perennial to 30 cm, stems roughly purple-hairy. Leaves lyrate-pinnatifid to ovate-petiolate, discolorous, margins slightly revolute, usually auriculate at base. Flower heads radiate, small, solitary on axillary peduncles, yellow; bracts woolly, acute. Achenes with 2 elongate cavities; pappus or basal tuft of hairs absent.
Life form perennial
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.4
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

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Cultivation

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

Arctotis perfoliata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178657-1
WFO ID wfo-0000030029
COL ID GBVJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Arctotis perfoliata Arctotis spathulata Venidium cinerarium Arctotis perfoliata Venidium perfoliatum