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Arctopus echinatus L.
| 1 This plant has a thick tuberous root and a rosette of spiny leaves borne flat on the ground. The greenish-yellow flowers are inconspicuous. Flowers appear in the middle of the rosettes. Male and female flowers are formed on different plants. Female plants yield dry spiny fruit. |
| Reference: 1 Magee, A.R. et al. (2008). A taxonomic revision of the South African endemic genus Arctopus (Apiaceae, Saniculoideae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95:471-486. |