Arctotis

Taxobox
name = "Arctotis"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Arctotis" flower head
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
genus = "Arctotis"
genus_authority = L.
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Arctotis" is a genus of about 40-50 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to southern Africa, from South Africa north to Angola. Some of the plants are alternatively placed in the genus "Venidium". Many are called by the common name "African daisy", or "Gousblom" in Afrikaans. Some species have been developed as popular horticultural items because of their attractive yellow, orange, red, or white flowers. Gardeners cultivate some species as half-hardy annuals.

;Selected species
*"A. acaulis" - Botterblom, Gousbloom
*"A. adpressa" - Gousblom
*"A. amoena"
*"A. angustifolia" - Smalbaar Gousblom
*"A. arctotoides" - Butterflower, Botterblom, African Daisy
*"A. argentea"
*"A. aspera"
*"A. auriculata"
*"A. bellidifolia"
*"A. breviscapa" - Sandveld Gousblom
*"A. candida" - Malmesbury Gousblom
*"A. cinerea"
*"A. cuprea"
*"A. elatior"
*"A. fastuosa"
*"A. flaccida"
*"A. flammea" - African Daisy
*"A. foeniculacea"
*"A. frutescens"
*"A. galbrata"
*"A. glaucophylla"
*"A. gumbletonii" - Bottergousblom
*"A. hirsuta" - Gousblom
*"A. laevis"
*"A. leiocarpa" - Gousblom
*"A. leptorhiza"
*"A. leucanthemoides"
*"A. merxmuellerii" - Gousblom
*"A. revoluta" - Krulblaargousblom
*"A. rosea"
*"A. semipapposa"
*"A. squarrosa"
*"A. stoechadifolia"
*"A. sulcocarpa" - Gousblom
*"A. tricolor"
*"A. undulata"
*"A. venusta" - Blue-eyed African Daisy

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