Gazania pectinata Spreng.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gazania

Characteristics

Tufted, acaulescent annual to 20 cm. Leaves mostly pinnatisect, some linear-oblanceolate, leaflets linear to elliptic, white-felted beneath, sometimes rough above, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, yellow or orange with dark ring; inner bracts attenuate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Environment

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Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 8 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 18
Germination luminosity dark
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Images

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Distribution

Gazania pectinata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208714-1
WFO ID wfo-0000086587
COL ID 3FG2C
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Mussinia incisa Arctotis aspleniifolia Melanchrysum spinulosum Mussinia speciosa Gorteria lyrato-pinnatifida Gorteria speciosa Mussinia pinnata Gazania grandis Gazania pinnata Gazania pectinata Gazania scabra Gazania speciosa Gorteria pectinata Meridiana pinnata Gorteria pinnata Gorteria incisa