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Karoo African Daisy

Arctotis leiocarpa

Also called Karoo Daisy

Karoo African Daisy
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
S. Namibia to Cape Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Arctotis leiocarpa, the Karoo daisy, is a plant that belongs to the genus Arctotis. The species is native to Namibia, Northern Cape, Eastern Cape and the Western Cape.

Other Arctotis plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arctotis leiocarpa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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