Gazania maritima Levyns

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gazania

Characteristics

Creeping perennial rooting along rhizome, to 10 cm. Leaves alternate, pinnatisect, leaflets elliptic, thick, white-felted beneath, margins revolute, petioles often bristly. Flower heads radiate, yellow to orange with dark ring; inner bracts acute.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) -
Root system creeping-root rhizome
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Root diameter (meter) -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 5-8
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Gazania maritima world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208703-1
WFO ID wfo-0000028964
COL ID 3FG23
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Gazania maritima