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Genus: Arctotis
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There are 62 species, all found in southern Africa but also extending into Angola.
List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.
Arctotis acaulis
Renostergousblom, Botterblom, Gousblom [Afrikaans]
See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 196; West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 220; Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 230; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 232.
Arctotis acuminata
Arctotis adpressa
Gousblom [Afrikaans]
See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 166.
Arctotis aenea
Arctotis angustifolia
Smalblaar Gousblom [Afrikaans]
See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 220.
Arctotis arctotoides
See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 332; Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98.
Arctotis argentea
Arctotis aspera
Arctotis auriculata
Arctotis bellidiastrum
Arctotis bellidifolia
Arctotis bolusii
Arctotis campanulata
Arctotis candida
Malmesbury Gousblom [Afrikaans]
See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 222.
Arctotis caudata
Arctotis crispata
Arctotis cuneata
Arctotis cuprea
See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 232.
Arctotis debensis
Arctotis decurrens
[=Arctortis merxmuelleri]
Wit-soê, Gousblom [Afrikaans]
See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 192.(listed as Arctotis merxmuelleri)
Arctotis diffusa
Arctotis discolor
Arctotis dregei
Arctotis elongata
Arctotis erosa
Arctotis fastuosa
Bittergousblom, Namakwagousblom [Afrikaans]
See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 194; Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 196; Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 340.
Arctotis flaccida
Arctotis fosteri
Arctotis frutescens
Arctotis gowerae
Arctotis graminea
Arctotis gumbletonii
Rooi-soê, Bottergousblom [Afrikaans]
See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 192.
Arctotis hirsuta
See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 192; West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 220.
Arctotis hispidula
Arctotis incisa
Arctotis laevis
See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 194.
Arctotis lanceolata
Arctotis leiocarpa
See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 150.
Arctotis leptorhiza
[= Arctotis breviscapa]
Sandveld Gousblom [Afrikaans]
See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 220 (listed as Arctotis breviscapa).
Arctotis linearis
Arctotis macrosperma
Arctotis microcephala
Arctotis perfoliata
Arctotis petiolata
Arctotis pinnatifida
Arctotis pusilla
Arctotis revoluta
Krulblaargousblom [Afrikaans]
See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 196; West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 222.
Arctotis rogersii
Arctotis rotundifolia
Arctotis schlechteri
Arctotis semipapposa
Arctotis serpens
Arctotis sessilifolia
Arctotis setosa
Arctotis stoechadifolia (Trailing Arctotis)
See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 192; West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 222; Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 292.
Arctotis suffruticosa
Arctotis sulcocarpa
Arctotis tricolor
Arctotis undulata
Arctotis venidioides
Arctotis venusta
Arctotis virgata