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Gazania
Gazania rigens growth habit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Vernonioideae
Tribe: Arctotideae
Subtribe: Gorteriinae
Genus: Gazania
Gaertn.
Type species
Gazania rigens[1]
(L.) Gaertn.
Synonyms[2]
  • Melanchrysum Cass.

Gazania /ɡəˈzniə/[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa.[4][5][1][6]

They produce large, daisy-like composite flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange, over a long period in summer.[7] They are often planted as drought-tolerant groundcover.

  1. ^ a b Tropicos, Gazania Gaertn.
  2. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  3. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
  4. ^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 2(3): 451–452 in Latin
  5. ^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 2(3): plate CLXXIII (173) line drawing of Gazania rigens
  6. ^ Per Ola Karis. 2007. "Arctotideae" pages 200-207. In: Klaus Kubitzki (series editor); Joachim W. Kadereit and Charles Jeffrey (volume editors). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VIII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany.
  7. ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.

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