Gazania splendidissima Mucina, Magee & Boatwr.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gazania

Characteristics

Perennial subshrub, up to 200 mm tall. Leaves simple to pinnatilobed, semi-succulent, white-felted below, sparsely echinate and also densely mealy above. Flowerheads radiate, yellow to orange; involucre campanulate, 9-10(-15) mm wide, connate, flat at base, densely echinate and also mealy, bases of hairs black.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

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

Distribution

Gazania splendidissima world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77110143-1
WFO ID wfo-0001331790
COL ID 6JYV6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Gazania splendidissima