| Scientific Name: | Arctotis x hybrida |
| Common Name: | African daisy |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Africa |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as) |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Rock garden, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glaucous, Tomentose, Oblanceolate, Spatulate, Incised |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Pink, Magenta, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Cypsela (achene + calyx), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, oblanceolate-spathulate, most 6-10cm long x 2-4cm wide, commonly glaucous, tomentose, margins usually incised and lobed; heads daisy-like, 6-8cm wide, cultivars with vibrantly coloured ray florets with a contrasting colour at the base forming around the dark purple to black disk florets that open yellow. | |