Arctotis

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{{Taxobox | color = lightgreen | name = Arctotis | image = Arctotis venusta0.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = African Daisy (Arctotis venusta) | regnum = Plantae | divisio = Magnoliophyta | classis = Magnoliopsida | ordo = Asterales | familia = Asteraceae | genus = Arctotis | genus_authority = L. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} Image:Arctotis02.jpg Image:Arctotis03.jpg

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 "Botterblom" and "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
  • A. flaccida
  • A. flammea - African Daisy
  • A. foeniculacea
  • 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. sulcocarpa - Gousblom
  • A. tricolor
  • A. undulata
  • A. venusta - Blue-eyed African Daisynl:Berenoor
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