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Gazania thermalis
Also called Mud Treasureflower
Gazania thermalis is a rare plant in the sunflower family that only grows in three locations in Namibia. Its natural habitat is geothermal wetlands and it is threatened by habitat loss.
Gazania thermalis is endemic to Namibia in southwest Africa. There, by 2004, it was only known from three locations in or near brackish hot springs. It is possible that other populations of the plant exist, but have not yet been documented. The largest known population has only around 250 plants and is in a poor condition. It only grows in somewhat to moderately salty soils at elevations of 1,276–1,400 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gazania thermalis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
