Arctotis arctotoides ("Afurikahimawari")

Japanese name: アフリカヒマワリ
Scientific name: Arctotis arctotoides

[Overview]
A perennial that spreads like a carpet.
The leaves are 10–15 cm long with wavy margins.
The underside of the leaves is densely covered with white, felt-like hairs.
A single bright golden flower about 4 cm across is borne at the tip of a flower stalk about 20 cm long.
The back of the petals is purplish brown.

[Uses]
In its native range it is used medicinally, as an external remedy for wounds and for gastric catarrh, and is also eaten.

[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed, cuttings or by division.
It grows very fast.

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