Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gazania heterochaeta DC. trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 511 (1838) |
Native Range | Cape Prov. to Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 200-1000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, obovate, obtuse, variously pinnate, adaxially setose, abaxially white lanate, ciliate, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, phyllaries acuminate |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | yellow, orange |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Gazania humilis E.Mey. ex DC. Meridiana heterochaeta (DC.) Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAM Namibia) |