| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Berkheya armata Druce |
| Bibliography | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 608 (1917) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
| Description | woody-based, leaves oblanceolate to obovate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially arachnose, remotely spiny dentate, capitula terminal, solitary, large, involucre campanulate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | yellow-orange |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Atractylis rigida Poir. Berkheya carthamoides Willd. Crocodilodes armata Kuntze Rohria armata Vahl Rohria carthamoides Thunb. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |