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Gold African Daisy

Arctotis arctotoides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 28, February 72, March 46, April 28, May 16, June 4, July 7, August 17, September 40, October 47, November 62, December 28.
South Africa395
Free State141
Eastern Cape139
Gauteng49
KwaZulu-Natal13
Mpumalanga9
Nothern Cape8
Western Cape7
United States2
Colorado2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusAfrican Daisies · Arctotis

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