Gazania heterochaeta
Gazania heterochaeta is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to South Africa (Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces)[2] and Namibia.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gazania |
| Species: | G. heterochaeta |
| Binomial name | |
| Gazania heterochaeta DC. (1838) | |
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Description
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The flowers are yellow-to-orange, with an involucre that is 7-10mm wide and obtusely bell-shaped (campanulate). Distinguishing characteristics of this species are the involucre scales. At the top of the involucre, it usually has two rows of terminal scales (there are sometimes a few occasional parietal scales); the scales of the outer row are more than 4mm long, while the inner scales are less than 4mm long.
The leaves are obovate and simple (or only weakly pinnate), with rounded tips, entire margins, and echinate or araneose-tomentose (woolly) surfaces. In its growth form, G. heterochaeta is a compact perennial and forms basal rosettes with only relatively short stems.[3][4]
References
- Gazania heterochaeta DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- "Red List Entry". SANBI.
- Mucina, L., Howis, S. & Barker, N. (2009). Globally grown, but poorly known: Species limits and biogeography of Gazania Gaertn. (Asteraceae) inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequence data. Taxon 58:871-882. 10.1002/tax.583015. p.879
- Magee, A.R., Boatwright, J.S. & Mucina, L. (2011). Gazania lanata and G. splendidissima: Two new species of Asteraceae (tribe Arctotideae) from the Greater Capensis, with an updated key for the genus. South African Journal of Botany 77(1):86-93.
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