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Arctotheca calendula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Arctotheca
Species:
A. calendula
Binomial name
Arctotheca calendula

(L.) Levyns

Synonyms[1]

Synonymy

  • Alloiozonium arctotideum Kunze
  • Arctotheca calendulacea (L.) K.Lewin
  • Arctotheca calendulaceum K.Lewin
  • Arctotis calendula L.
  • Arctotis calendulacea L.
  • Arctotis hypochondriaca Willd.
  • Arctotis speciosa Salisb.
  • Arctotis sulphurea Gaertn.
  • Arctotis superba L.
  • Arctotis tristis L.
  • Cryptostemma calendula (L.) Druce
  • Cryptostemma calendulaceum (L.) R.Br.
  • Cryptostemma hypochondriacum R.Br.
  • Cryptostemma runcinatum R.Br.
  • Cryptostemma triste (L.) Domin
  • Cynotis hypochondriaca Hoffmanns

Arctotheca calendula is a plant in the sunflower family commonly known as capeweed,[2] plain treasureflower,[3] cape dandelion, or cape marigold because it originates from the Western Cape ProvinceinSouth Africa.[4][5] It is also found in neighboring KwaZulu-Natal.[6]

Description

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Arctotheca calendula is a squat perennial or annual which grows in rosettes and sends out stolons and can spread across the ground quickly. The leaves are covered with white woolly hairs, especially on their undersides. The leaves are lobed or deeply toothed. Hairy stems bear daisy-like flowers with small yellow petals that sometimes have a green or purple tint surrounded by white or yellow ray petals extending further out from the flower centers.

Cultivation

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It is cultivated as an attractive ornamental groundcover but has invasive potential when introduced to a new area. The plant can reproduce vegetativelyorvia seed. Seed-bearing plants are most likely to become weedy, taking hold most easily in bare or sparsely vegetated soil or disturbed areas.[7]

Spread

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Arctotheca calendula is naturalized in California,[8][9] Spain,[10][11] Portugal, Italy,[12] Australia,[13][14] New Zealand,[15] and Chile,[16] and considered a noxious weed in some of those places.

References

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  • ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Arctotheca calendula". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  • ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  • ^ Levyns, Margaret Rutherford Bryan 1942. Journal of South African Botany 8(4): 284
  • ^ "Tropicos | Name - Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • ^ "Arctotheca calendula | PlantZAfrica". pza.sanbi.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • ^ "Arctotheca calendula in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • ^ California Invasive Plant Council, University of California @ Davis
  • ^ "Arctotheca calendula Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • ^ Flora Vascular de Andalucía Occidental, Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns in Spanish
  • ^ Flora Catalana, Arctotheca calendulainCatalan with color photos
  • ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Arctoteca simile alla calendola, Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns numerous photos
  • ^ "Arctotheca calendula". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  • ^ Weeds Australia, Capeweed Arctotheca calendula [dead link]
  • ^ Flora of New Zealand Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns
  • ^ ESPECIE INVASORA DE SUELOS ARENOSOS EN LA REGIÓN DE LA ARAUCANÍA (IX), CHILE Chloris chilense, Revista chilena de flora y vegetación. Arctotheca calendula in Spanish
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