| Gazania | |
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| Gazania rigens growth habit | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Vernonioideae |
| Tribe: | Arctotideae |
| Subtribe: | Gorteriinae |
| Genus: | Gazania Gaertn. |
| Type species | |
| Gazania rigens[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Gazania /ɡəˈzeɪniə/[3] is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa.[4][5][1][6]
They produce large, daisy-like composite flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange, over a long period in summer.[7] They are often planted as drought-tolerant groundcover.
- ^ a b Tropicos, Gazania Gaertn.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 2(3): 451–452 in Latin
- ^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1791. De fructibus et seminibus plantarum 2(3): plate CLXXIII (173) line drawing of Gazania rigens
- ^ Per Ola Karis. 2007. "Arctotideae" pages 200-207. In: Klaus Kubitzki (series editor); Joachim W. Kadereit and Charles Jeffrey (volume editors). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume VIII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany.
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.