Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gazania serrulata DC. trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 512 (1838) |
Native Range | s. Tropical Africa, Southern Africa |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Description | basal leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, attenuate to petiole, adaxially glabrous, serrulate, scapes glabrous, capitula solitary, involucre cylindrical, biseriate, glabrous |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gazania bracteata N.E.Br. Gazania canescens Harv. Gazania krebsiana ssp. serrulata (DC.) Rössler Gazania montana Spreng. Gazania munroi E.Phillips Gazania pygmaea Sond. Gazania schinzii O.Hoffm. Meridiana canescens Kuntze Meridiana pygmaea Kuntze Meridiana serrulata Kuntze |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (ANG Angola, MOZ Mozambique, ZIM Zimbabwe) 27 Southern Africa (BOT Botswana, CPP Cape Provinces, LES Lesotho, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, OFS Free State, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |