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Prostrate Capeweed
Arctotheca prostrata
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
CapeweedArctotheca calendula
Gold African DaisyArctotis arctotoides
common dandelionTaraxacum officinale
lesser celandineFicaria verna
Maltese star-thistleCentaurea melitensis
Dugesia mexicana
Flat African DaisyArctotis acaulis
False BietouHaplocarpha lyrata
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 1,128 |
|---|---|
| California | 1,123 |
| South Africa | 733 |
| Western Cape | 514 |
| Eastern Cape | 163 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 36 |
| Mexico | 18 |
| Gauteng | 10 |
| Australia | 3 |
| Victoria | 3 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae |
| Genus | Arctotheca |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Prostrate Capeweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.