Gazania tenuifolia Less.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Gazania

Characteristics

Tufted annual to 15 cm. Leaves pinnatisect, lobes linear, white-felted beneath, glabrescent above, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, small, yellow or orange with dark ring; involucre flat at base, inner bracts attenuate.
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Tufted annual, up to 150 mm tall. Leaves pinnatisect, lobes linear, white-felted below, glabrescent above. Flowerheads radiate, yellow to orange; involucre campanulate, 3-8 mm wide, bracteate to base, base ± fleshy, truncate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15
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 -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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 tenuifolia world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208735-1
WFO ID wfo-0000036440
COL ID 3FG2X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Meridiana tenuifolia Gazania tenuifolia Gorteria tenuifolia