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Dainty Gazania

Gazania heterochaeta

Also called Dainty Treasureflower

Dainty Gazania
Photo: Winfried Bruenken (Amrum), CC BY-SA 2.5

Dainty Gazania is a compact perennial daisy from southern Africa that forms low basal rosettes of woolly leaves and yellow-to-orange flowers. It is grown mainly as a drought-tolerant border or rock garden plant in full sun with fast-draining soil.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil.
Temperature
10–35 °C; protect from hard frost below about -3 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Namibia to Cape Prov.

About

Gazania heterochaeta is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to South Africa (Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces) and Namibia.

Other Gazania plants

Gazania ciliaris · Gazania · Yellow Gazania · Treasureflower · Western Beach Gazania · Gazania pectinata · Treasure-flower · Karoo Gazania · Sticky Gazania · Mud Gazania · Gazanias

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gazania heterochaeta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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