Compilation
Arctotis pectinata

shrubby, much-branched, nearly glabrous; leaves (short) pinnati-partite, the lobes short, entire or trifid, the teeth tipped with a bristle; peduncles elongate, one-headed; heads rather small, outer inv.-scales ovate, subacute or obtuse; rays coppery underneath. A slender shrub, 1–2 f. high, with curved, closely leafy branches, ending in naked peduncles, 6–9 inches long. Leaves 1/2– 3/4 inch long, the lobes 2–3 lines long, rachis broadly linear, all conspicuously gland-dotted and mostly quite glabrous. Outer inv.-scales generally with a few dorsal hairs below the tip, sometimes quite obtuse with a dark border. Invol. 1/2 inch diameter; rays twice as long. β. scarcely differs from the state of S. dentata with dark-edged inv.-scales, which often has scattered leaves on the peduncle, puberulous stems and equally long bristles to the leaves.