Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gazania arctotoides Less. trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Syn. Gen. Compos.: 48 (1832) |
Native Range | Angola to Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | basal leaves pinnatisect, segments obovate, minutely cartilagineous serrate, long petiolate, capitula solitary, involucre cylindrical, biseriate, thinly tomentose |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gazania krebsiana ssp. arctotoides (Less.) Rössler Gazania leptophylla DC. Gazania longifolia Less. Gazania rogersii S.Moore |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola) 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, OFS Free State, TVL Northern Provinces) |