Gazania jurineifolia Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gazania

Characteristics

Perennial herb, 0.03-0.50 m high. Stem undivided/plural. Leaves in basal rosettes, rigid, ± coriaceous, 10-70 mm long, pinnatifid, with 2-5 pairs laciniae, 2-8 mm long, upper surface covered with cilia, rough/smooth, lower surface tomentose, except for midvein. Capitula on scapes 5-80 mm long, not leafy; involucre campanulate; scales terminal, few parietal, ± 3-seriate; outer involucral scales 1-3 mm x 1 mm, linear-or triangulate-lanceolate, margins densely ciliate with spinules; inner involucral scales ovate-triangulate or narrow triangulate, 3-8 x 1.5-3.0 mm, margins ± ciliate/entire. Ligules white. Flowering time all year, rainfall dependent.
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Tufted, acaulescent perennial, up to 100 mm tall. Leaves pinnatifid, lobes subtriangular, spine-tipped, white-felted below, sparsely echinate and sometimes also cobwebby above. Flowerheads radiate, white; involucre campanulate to broadly campanulate, 6-12 mm wide, connate, flat at base, glabrous to mealy or sometimes cobwebby.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 8 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity dark
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gazania jurineifolia world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208691-1
WFO ID wfo-0000118973
COL ID 3FFZN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gazania jurineifolia

Lower taxons

Gazania jurineifolia subsp. jurineifolia Gazania jurineifolia subsp. scabra