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Arctotis arctotoides

Arctotis arctotoides
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0

Arctotis arctotoides is a South African daisy-family plant from the genus Arctotis, grown for its showy daisy-like flowers. It needs full sun and well-drained soil to flower well.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately when the top of the soil is dry, and avoid soggy conditions.
Soil
Light, sandy, free-draining soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
S. Africa
Climate
subtropical

About

Arctotis arctotoides is a plant belonging to the genus Arctotis. The species is native to Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa.

Other Arctotis plants

Arctotis acaulis · Arctotis angustifolia · Rough African Daisy · Arctotis debensis · Monarch Of The Veld · Arctotis frutescens · Hairy African Daisy · Karoo African Daisy · Arctotis revoluta · Largeseed African Daisy · African daisy · Arctotis sulcocarpa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctotis arctotoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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