Capeweed

Scientific Name:	Arctotheca calendula	Photograph courtesy of Viridans Biological Databases (external link)
Common Name:	Cape Dandelion
General Description:	Stemless or short stemmed succulent annual forb, usually flat and to 50 cm diameter, more erect when growing with taller plants, the stems soft, juicy, ribbed and covered with fine white down. Leaves basal, 5 –25 cm long, much-divided into several broadly toothed or jagged lobes, green above, white and downy below, the midrib prominent on the undersurface. Flowerheads with yellow petals and a dark centre, 5 cm diameter, borne singly on erect hairy stalks 2 –15 cm long. Petals 15 – 20, in one row, lanceolate, 12-25 mm long. Seeds oblong, enveloped in brown wool that conceals a crown of 6 – 8 short lanceolate scales. Flowering spring
Occurrence:	Roadsides, cultivated paddocks, waste areas; on most soil types but more prevalent on loams.