Arctotis acaulis

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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| image = Arctotis acaulis Big Magenta 1.jpg

| image_caption =

| genus = Arctotis

| species = acaulis

| authority = L.

| synonyms =

  • Anemonospermos acaulis Kuntze
  • Arctotis humilis Salisb.
  • Arctotis scapigera Thunb.
  • Arctotis speciosa Jacq.
  • Venidium speciosum Regel

}}

Arctotis acaulis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is an endemic species found in the Cape Provinces, South Africa.{{citation

|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178512-1

|title=Kew Science Plants of the World Online

|accessdate=3 July 2020}}

Etymology

The species name acaulis means without a stem, from Greek a which means without, and caulis meaning stem of a plant.{{source needed|reason='Caulis' is not Greek but Latin.|date=March 2025}} The name refers to the species growth habit.{{citation

|url=http://pza.sanbi.org/arctotis-acaulis

|title=South Africa National Biodiversity Institute

|accessdate=3 July 2020}}

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