Cryptostemma

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cryptostemma in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Cryptostemma (Greek, hidden crown). Compositae. Two or 3 hoary herbs, by some united with Arctotis, apparently not in the trade, but sometimes mentioned in gardening literature: diffuse or creeping, with basal or alternate Lvs. that are dentate or lyrate-pinnatisect, villous above and white-tomentose or woolly beneath: heads radiate, yellow or more or less purplish, rather large, peduneled, or solitary on leafless scapes, the rays sterile: achene densely villous, 5-ribbed, the pappus paleaceous and in 1 series. C. calendilaceum, R. Br. (C. lusitanicum, Hort.), is a free-blooming annual with pale yellow rays and a dark brown disk, the heads on 1-fld. peduncles: Lvs. pinnati- fid, 3-nerved. Cape and Austral. B.M. 2252. G.C. III. 28:390, desc. C. Forbesianum, Harv., and C. niveum, Nichols. (Microstephium niveum, Less.), of S. Afr., may be more or less in cult. Both have yellow rays, in the latter the heads being solitary and the plant decumbent or creeping and the Lvs. ovate, cordate or orbicular; in the former the Lvs. are mostly pinnatisect, the margins revolute. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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