| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn. trib. Arctotidae |
| Bibliography | Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 451 (1791) |
| Native Range | KwaZulu-Natal to Transvaal |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-100m |
| Description | leaves to 8cm long, lanceolate to narrowly obovate, entire or pinnatilobate, green and glabrous adaxially, abaxially white tomentose, capitula 7cm with black-brown centre |
| Size | 8-20cm |
| Color | orange, yellow |
| Bloom | summer, autumn |
| 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 | Arctotis ludwigii Kniph Gazania heterophylla (Willd.) Bosse Gorteria heterophylla Willd. Gorteria personata A.W.Hill Gorteria rigens (L.) L. Gorteria rigida Banks ex DC. Gorteria spectabilis Salisb. Melanchrysum rigens (L.) Cass. Meridiana rigens (L.) Kuntze Meridiana tesselata A.W.Hill Othonna rigens L. |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAT KwaZulu-Natal, TVL Northern Provinces) |