View source for Arctotis ← Arctotis You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Arctotis |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 922. 1753 |year=1753 }}, {{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl. ed. |place=5, 394. 1754 |year=1754 }} |common_names=African-daisy |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae;Arctotis |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Arctotis]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek arktos, brown bear, and ous, otos, ear, perhaps alluding to shape of pappus scales |volume=Volume 19 |mention_page=page 34, 48, 195 |treatment_page=page 198 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration;whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Annuals </b>or perennials [subshrubs], [5–] 10–100 cm (hirsute to arachnose or woolly, sometimes glandular as well).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation"><b>Stems </b>erect [decumbent].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and/or cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate or sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="blade shape;margin architecture or shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;abaxial face pubescence">blades mostly spatulate to oblanceolate, margins entire, sinuate-dentate, or pinnately lobed, abaxial faces tomentose to sparsely arachnose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>hemispheric to campanulate, 10–25 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllary fusion;series quantity;outer phyllary shape;inner phyllary shape;margin texture"><b>Phyllaries </b>in 3–6+ series, distinct, outer linear to oblong, inner ovate to elliptic, margins ± scarious.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="receptacle prominence or shape;receptacle relief;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat, alveolate (pit margins often ciliate), epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets pistillate, fertile (staminodes often present);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;corolla coloration;lamina architecture;lamina shape">corollas white, cream, yellow, orange, pink, purple, violet, or blue (sometimes dark abaxially), laminae 4-veined, 3-toothed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret reproduction;disc-floret architecture"><b>Disc-</b>florets usually bisexual and fertile, sometimes functionally staminate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration">corollas yellow or brown to violet or purple.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="cypsela shape;abaxial face shape;abaxial face architecture;abaxial face architecture;adaxial face shape;border texture;face pubescence"><b>Cypselae </b>ovoid to obovoid, abaxial faces ± rounded, 3–5-ribbed or winged (wings sometimes toothed and inflexed into 2 longitudinal grooves), adaxial faces flattened, apices sometimes forming callous borders, faces (smooth or transversely rugose) glabrous or pilose to sericeous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="scale quantity;scale shape;series quantity">pappi usually present, persistent, usually of 5–8 ovate to oblong scales in 2 series, sometimes coroniform, sometimes none.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pappus presence;pappus duration;pappus shape;pappus quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 9.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Africa;cultivated and/or elsewhere |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 60 (2 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Cypselae ± ovoid, 1.3–1.5 mm, glabrous; pappi 0 or coroniform |[[Arctotis fastuosa|Arctotis fastuosa]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Cypselae ± obovoid, 2–3 mm, sericeous (hairs from bases) and tomentulose (on faces); pappi of 5–8 hyaline scales 0.5–4 mm |[[Arctotis stoechadifolia|Arctotis stoechadifolia]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Arctotis |author=Alison McKenzie Mahoney |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=tribe |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Asteraceae |distribution=s Africa;cultivated and/or elsewhere |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed. |publication year=1753;1754 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V19-20-21/V19_233.xml |tribe=Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae |genus=Arctotis |abaxial face architecture=winged;3-5-ribbed |abaxial face pubescence=tomentose;sparsely arachnose |abaxial face shape=rounded |adaxial face shape=flattened |blade shape=mostly spatulate;oblanceolate |border texture=callous |corolla coloration=brown;violet or purple |cypsela shape=ovoid;obovoid |disc-floret architecture=staminate |disc-floret reproduction=fertile;bisexual |face pubescence=pilose;sericeous |inner phyllary shape=ovate;elliptic |involucre diameter=10mm;25mm |involucre shape=hemispheric;campanulate |lamina architecture=4-veined |lamina shape=3-toothed |leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate |leaf position=cauline;basal |margin architecture or shape=entire |margin shape=lobed;sinuate-dentate;lobed;sinuate-dentate |margin texture=scarious |outer phyllary shape=linear;oblong |pappus duration=persistent |pappus presence=absent |pappus quantity=0 |pappus shape=coroniform |phyllary fusion=distinct |ray-floret architecture=pistillate |ray-floret reproduction=fertile |receptacle architecture=epaleate |receptacle prominence or shape=flat |receptacle relief=alveolate |scale quantity=5;8 |scale shape=ovate;oblong |series quantity=2;3;6 |stem orientation=erect |whole-organism atypical some measurement=5cm;10cm |whole-organism duration=perennial;annual |whole-organism some measurement=10cm;100cm |x chromosome quantity=9 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Asteraceae tribe Arctotideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Asteraceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Arctotis.