Arctotis tricolor Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Arctotis

Characteristics

Radix perennis, suliformis, fibris aucta, digitum crassa. Folia redicalis plura, in orbem patentia, petiolata, tomento appresso utrinque vestita, crassula, subtrinervia, repanda, supra virentia, subtus incana, ovata, obtusa, alia simplicia, alia obsolete lyrota; petiolis ciliatis, vix folio lognioribus; infimum unum aliudve saepe intergerrimum. Scapi plures, uniflori, teretes, striati, calamum crassi, plus minus pedales, villis sanguineis dense hirti, pallide virentes, erectiusculi, nonnunquam bracteola subulata maniti. Flos speciosus, inodorus, diametri plus quam biuncialis. Calycis verscentis & tomentosuli squamae inferiores in lanceolatos reflexosque apices desinunt. Interiorum apices sunt ovati, obtusi, concavi, subscariosi, nitidi, sordide flaventes cum oris purpureis, patentissimi, interiores multo longiores. Corollulae radii faemineae, fertiles, obsolete aut saepe vix tridentatae, acutae, intus ex sulphureo albae, soris rubrae cum oris albidis, patentissimae. Corollulae disci sunt atropurpureae cum antheris flavis, hermaphroditae, steriles. Genitalia uti in Arctote undulata. Receptaculum pilosum.
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Germination duration (days) 21 - 35
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
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Distribution

Arctotis tricolor world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000120088
COL ID GBX9
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Synonyms

Arctotis tricolor