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.
Cultivationedit
It is cultivated as an attractive ornamental groundcover but has invasive potential when introduced to a new area. The plant can reproduce vegetatively or via seed. Seed-bearing plants are most likely to become weedy, taking hold most easily in bare or sparsely vegetated soil or disturbed areas.[7]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Arctotheca calendula". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
^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
arctotheca, calendula, plant, sunflower, family, commonly, known, capeweed, plain, treasureflower, cape, dandelion, cape, marigold, because, originates, from, western, cape, province, south, africa, also, found, neighboring, kwazulu, natal, scientific, classif. 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 Province in South Africa 4 5 It is also found in neighboring KwaZulu Natal 6 Arctotheca calendulaScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade AsteridsOrder AsteralesFamily AsteraceaeGenus ArctothecaSpecies A calendulaBinomial nameArctotheca calendula L LevynsSynonyms 1 Synonymy Alloiozonium arctotideum KunzeArctotheca calendulacea L K LewinArctotheca calendulaceum K LewinArctotis calendula L Arctotis calendulacea L Arctotis hypochondriaca Willd Arctotis speciosa Salisb Arctotis sulphurea Gaertn Arctotis superba L Arctotis tristis L Cryptostemma calendula L DruceCryptostemma calendulaceum L R Br Cryptostemma hypochondriacum R Br Cryptostemma runcinatum R Br Cryptostemma triste L DominCynotis hypochondriaca Hoffmanns Contents 1 Description 2 Cultivation 3 Spread 4 References 5 External linksDescription editArctotheca 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 editIt is cultivated as an attractive ornamental groundcover but has invasive potential when introduced to a new area The plant can reproduce vegetatively or via 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 editArctotheca 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 edit The Plant List Arctotheca calendula L Levyns 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 Andalucia Occidental Arctotheca calendula L Levyns in Spanish Flora Catalana Arctotheca calendula in Catalan 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 REGIoN DE LA ARAUCANIA IX CHILE Chloris chilense Revista chilena de flora y vegetacion Arctotheca calendula in SpanishExternal links editJepson Manual Treatment New South Wales Flora Herbigude Capeweed photograph permanent dead link capeweed description permanent dead link and capeweed diagram permanent dead link from HerbiGuide Capeweed at EncycloWeedia Invasive Plants of California s Wildlands Queensland Government Factsheet Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Arctotheca calendula amp oldid 1188992855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
