Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gazania uniflora (L.f.) Sims trib. Arctotidae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. 48: t. 2270 (1821) |
Native Range | Mozambique to Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands |
Description | stoloniferous, leaves oblanceolate, 5-10cm, on base cuneate, adaxially glabrous, green, abaxially white tomentose, capitula solitary, 2-4cm across, involucre campanulate |
Size | 8-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
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, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gazania rigens var. uniflora (L.f.) Rössler Gorteria uniflora L.f. Meridiana uniflora (L.f.) Kuntze Mussinia uniflora (L.f.) Willd. |
Territory | 2 Africa 26 South Tropical Africa (MOZ Mozambique) 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, NAT KwaZulu-Natal, SWZ Swaziland) |