Arctotis fastuosa, called Monarch-of-the-veld, is a species of African plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Namibia and South Africa. It has become naturalized on roadsides and in vacant urban lots in southern California.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Monarch-of-the-veldt being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Arctotis subacaulis
- Arctotis hirsuta
- Arctotis breviscapa
- Dimorphotheca sinuata
- Gazania heterochaeta
- Gazania leiopoda
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Arctotis
- Species
- Arctotis fastuosa
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