Cape Marigold (other)
Cape marigold is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * '' Arctotheca calendula'' * ' * '' Dimorphotheca'' spp. {{Short pages monitor ...
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Arctotheca Calendula
''Arctotheca calendula'' is a plant in the Asteraceae, sunflower family commonly known as capeweed, plain treasureflower, cape dandelion, or cape marigold because it originates from the Cape Province in South Africa. It is also found in neighboring KwaZulu-Natal. Description ''Arctotheca calendula'' is a squat perennial or annual which grows in Rosette (botany), 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 It is cultivated as an attractive ornamental groundcover but has invasive potential when introduced to a new area. The plant can vegetative reproduction, reproduce vegetatively or seed, via seed. Seed-bearing plants are most likely ...
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