✿Asteraceae · Gazania
Trailing Treasureflower
Gazania rigens
outdoor
- Found in India
- Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gazania rigens
- Genus
- Gazania
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Found in India
- Bihar, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“Its leaves all basal, numerous, narrow and more or less lanceolate, usually entire, sometimes pennatilobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- EntirerecordedA smooth, unbroken edge with no teeth or notches.“Its leaves all basal, numerous, narrow and more or less lanceolate, usually entire, sometimes pennatilobed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Trailing Treasureflower itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
- Flower arrangement
- HeadrecordedA dense, tight cluster of many small stalkless flowers, packed into a rounded or flat head.“Like all compounds, gazania flowers in flower heads that are often taken for simple flowers.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- AchenerecordedA small, dry, single-seeded fruit that does not split open.“The fruit is an achene, containing several seeds.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Trailing Treasureflower itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Trailing Treasureflower
Trailing Treasureflower (Gazania rigens) belongs to the Asteraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.
Uses
In practice it is planted as an ornamental.
Botanical family
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Trailing Treasureflower belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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