Gazania heterochaeta

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Vernonioideae
Tribus: Arctotideae
Subtribus: Gorteriinae
Genus: Gazania
Species: Gazania heterochaeta
Name

Gazania heterochaeta DC.
References

Prodr. 6:511. 1837
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gazania heterochaeta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Gazania heterochaeta is one of the flowers known as a calendula, native to South Africa (Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces).[1]
Description

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.[2][3]
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References

"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.