| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Gazania linearis (Thunb.) Druce trib. Arctotidae |
| Bibliography | Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 4(Suppl. 2): 624 (1917) |
| Native Range | Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 5-1300m |
| Description | leaves more or less in rosette, narrowly lanceolate to linear, rarely pinnatipartite, adaxially glabrous, white tomentose abaxially, capitula to 7cm across |
| Size | 5-30cm |
| Color | orange, yellow |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
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| 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Gazania kraussii Sch.Bip. Gazania longiscapa DC. Gazania multijuga DC. Gazania stenophylla hort. Gazania subulata R.Br. Gazaniopsis stenophylla C.Huber Gorteria linearis Thunb. Meridiana kraussii Kuntze Meridiana linearis (Thunb.) Kuntze Meridiana longiscapa (DC.) Kuntze Mussinia linearis (Thunb.) Willd. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal) |
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