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Arctotis acaulis

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Identification
Arctotis acaulis L. [family ASTERACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for ARCTOTIS acaulis Linn. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
ARCTOTIS acaulis Linn. [family COMPOSITAE], Sp. ed. 2. p. 1306;—Less. Syn.! 16. Th.! Cap. p. 708.
ARCTOTIS scapigera Th. [family COMPOSITAE], ! Cap. 709. Bot. Reg. t. 122.
ARCTOTIS tricolor Jacq. [family COMPOSITAE], Sch. t. 159., fide Less.
ARCTOTIS undulata Jacq. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. t. 160.
ARCTOTIS speciosa Jacq. [family COMPOSITAE], l. c. 161. Bot. Mag. t. 2182.
Information
stemless or nearly so, with a thick, ligneous rootstock; radical leaves long-petioled, polymorphous (either oblong-subsinuate, incised, lobed, or lyrate, with few or many lateral lobes), white-woolly and many-nerved beneath, scabrous or gland-hairy above, the margin reflexed; pedunc. scapelike, elongate, tomentose, setose and glandular; inv. nearly glabrous, the outer produced into a long, recurved, subulate, tomentose point. Rootstock 1/2–1 in. thick. Lvs. 6–8 in. long, including the petiole; 1–2 in. broad, rather coarse in texture and rough to the touch. Lobes and lobules blunt, callous-mucronate. Rays yellow above, purplish beneath.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Thunb.! E. & Z.! Simon's Bay, C. Wright, 287. Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe! Uitenhage, Zey.! Brackfontein, Zey.! Hassaquas Kl.; Zw. Bg. and R. Zondereinde; and Hott. Hollandsberg, Zey.! 2998, β; 2999; 3000. (Hb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.)

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