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Arctotis arctotoides

putswa-pududu [South Sotho]; ubushwa [Xhosa]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Arctoteae > Genus: Arctotis

Arctotis arctotoides under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Bottom rights shows Apis mellifera (Honeybee) harvesting pollen from an inflorescence. [photo H. Robertson ©]