| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Arctotheca populifolia (P.J.Bergius) Norl. trib. Arctotidae |
| Bibliography | Ser. Bot. [Aquilo] 6: 84 (1967) |
| Native Range | Mozambique to Cape Prov. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands |
| Altitude | 0-170m |
| Description | subcaulescent, basal leaves in rosettes, long petiolate, broadly ovate, obtuse, at base cordate, crenate, lanate, capitula solitary, phyllaries ovate, obtuse, appresed |
| Size | 5-25cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Anemonospermus verbascifolia (Harv.) Kuntze Arctotheca nivea (L.f.) L.K.Lewin Arctotis populifolia P.H.Bergius Arctotis verbascifolia Harv. Cryptostemma niveum (L.f.) G.Nicholson Microstephium niveum (L.f.) Less. Microstephium populifolium (P.J.Bergius) Druce Osteospermum niveum L.f. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |