Gazania
Overview
Genus
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of flowering plants in the family
Family (biology)
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Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
, native
Indigenous (ecology)
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to Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
. It is often planted as drought-tolerant ground cover.
Species include:
- Gazania caespitosa Bolus
- Gazania ciliaris DC.
- Gazania heterochaeta DC.
- Gazania jurineifolia DC.
- Gazania krebsiana Less. (= Gazania pavonia) - Terracotta Gazania
- Gazania lichtensteinii Less..
- Gazania leiopoda (DC.) Roessler
- Gazania linearisGazania linearisGazania linearis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name treasureflower. It is native to southern Africa, particularly South Africa, but it can be found in other parts of the world with similar climates where it has taken hold as an introduced species, such as...
(Thunb.) Druce - Treasureflower - Gazania maritima Levyns
- Gazania othonnites (Thunb.) Less.
- Gazania pectinata (Thunb.) Hartw.
- Gazania rigensGazania rigensGazania rigens is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa.The species occurs in South Africa and Mozambique...
(L.) Gaertn. (= Gazania × splendens) - Gazania rigida (Burm.f.) Roessler
- Gazania schenckii O.Hoffm.
- Gazania serrata DC.
- Gazania splendensGazania rigensGazania rigens is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa.The species occurs in South Africa and Mozambique...
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