Arctotis fastuosa (Cultivated)

Arctotis fastuosa Jacq., Pl. hort. schoenbr. 2:20, t. 166. 1797 (syn. Anemonospermos fastuosa Kuntze; Arctotis aurea (DC.) [Illegitimate]; Arctotis aurea (DC.) Beauverd; Arctotis maximiliani Schltr. ex Dinter; Arctotis maximiliani Schltr. ex Beauverd; Arctotis spinulosa Jacq.; Arctotis wyleyi (Harv.) Beauverd; Venidium aureum DC.; Venidium fastuosum (Jacq.) Stapf; Venidium wyleyi Harv.);

 

Cape Daisy, Monarch of the Veldt, Jaffa Ice; 

 

at Alipore Agri Horticultural Society, Kolkata– May’09?;

ID of the flower – indiantreepix | Google Groups

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Arctotis fastuosa Jacq. [=Venidium fastuosum (Jacq.) Stapf] is a popular ornamental herb.

It is native of South Africa and popularly known as ‘Cape Daisy’ or ‘Namoqualand Daisy’.

Photographed at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.

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References:

The Plant List  GRIN  plantzafrica  Dave’s Garden  Back gardener  Swallowtail Garden Seeds – Cape Daisy Seeds – Venidium Fastuosum