Arctotis

Arctotis
Arctotis flower head
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Arctotis L.
Species
See text.

Namaqualand Gousblom (Arctotis fastuosa) Goegap N.R., Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa

Arctotis stoechadifolia P. J. Bergius, West Coast National Park, Western Cape, South Africa

Arctotis is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa, from South Africa north to Angola. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus Venidium. Many are called by the common name "African daisy", or "Gousblom" in Afrikaans. Some species have been developed as popular horticultural items because of their attractive yellow, orange, red, or white flowers. Gardeners cultivate some species as half-hardy annuals.

Selected species

• A. acaulis - Botterblom, Gousbloom
• A. adpressa - Gousblom
• A. amoena
• A. angustifolia - Smalbaar Gousblom
• A. arctotoides - Butterflower, Botterblom, African Daisy
• A. argentea
• A. aspera
• A. auriculata
• A. bellidifolia
• A. breviscapa - Sandveld Gousblom
• A. candida - Malmesbury Gousblom
• A. cinerea
• A. cuprea
• A. elatior
• A. fastuosa - Monarch of the Veld, Cape Daisy
• A. flaccida
• A. flammea - African Daisy
• A. foeniculacea
• A. frutescens
• A. galbrata
• A. glaucophylla
• A. gumbletonii - Bottergousblom
• A. hirsuta - Gousblom
• A. laevis
• A. leiocarpa - Gousblom
• A. leptorhiza
• A. leucanthemoides
• A. merxmuellerii - Gousblom
• A. revoluta - Krulblaargousblom
• A. rosea
• A. semipapposa
• A. squarrosa
• A. stoechadifolia
• A. sulcocarpa - Gousblom
• A. tricolor
• A. undulata
• A. venusta - Blue-eyed African Daisy

Plant diseases

Main article: List of African daisy diseases

External links

• Arctotis in Plantarium Database - A Photo Guide.