WorldFloraDB - Gazania rigida

Characteristics

Tufted, acaulescent perennial, up to 250 mm tall. Leaves pinnatisect or sometimes simple, white-felted below, glabrescent to sparsely echinate above. Flowerheads radiate, yellow to orange; involucre campanulate, 8-10 mm wide, connate, flat at base, densely echinate and sometimes also slightly mealy.

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Tufted, acaulescent perennial to 25 cm. Leaves pinnatisect, lobes elliptic, sometimes linear-oblanceolate, white-woolly beneath, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, yellow or orange, usually with dark ring, involucre roughly hairy; inner bracts acute.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.25

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
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°)	-7
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208721-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000067562
COL ID	3FG2K
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Arctotis rigida Gazania pinnata Melanchrysum pavonium Gorteria pavonia Gazania pavonia Gorteria rigens Meridiana pavonia Gazania pavonia var. hirtella Gazania pinnata var. pinnata Gazania pavonia var. rigida Gazania rigida Gazania hirtella

WorldFloraDB 2024

Gazania rigida (Burm.F.) Roessler

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gazania