Gazania pectinata
| Gazania pectinata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Gazania |
| Species: | G. pectinata
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| Binomial name | |
| Gazania pectinata (Thunb.) Hartw.
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Gazania pectinata, the cockscomb Gazania, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the lower-lying regions and coastal plains of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.[1][2]
Description
The flowers are yellow-to-orange, usually with black-to-brown spots, and born on long, glabrous-to-setose scapes. The involucre is also glabrous-to-setose and obtusely bell-shaped (campanulate), with a base that is broadly/obtusely connate. Along the length of the involucre are a number of parietal involucre scales/bracts, which are oblong in shape and arranged irregularly.
The leaves are long and slender (linear-lanceolate), with acute tips, and usually pinnate or more rarely simple. The leaves have smooth upper surfaces and woolly (tomentose) lower surfaces.
In its growth form, G. pectinata is an annual (sometimes a perennial) and forms basal rosettes with only relatively short stems.[3][4]
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Gazania pectinata in habitat in Cape Town. -
References
- ^ "Red List Entry". SANBI.
- ^ "Operation Wildflower 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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