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Gazania rigens, R. Br. Sts. short and densely leafy or diffuse, laxly leafy, with ascending branches: lvs. sometimes sparingly pinnatifid, i.e., with only 1 or 2 side lobes, white beneath except on the midrib: heads large and showy. 1 ½ in. wide, the rays orange, disk purplish black. B.M. 90 (as Gorteria rigens) shows a head of scarlet rays, with basal markings of brown, black and white.
Gazania rigens, R. Br. Sts. short and densely leafy or diffuse, laxly leafy, with ascending branches: lvs. sometimes sparingly pinnatifid, i.e., with only 1 or 2 side lobes, white beneath except on the midrib: heads large and showy. 1 ½ in. wide, the rays orange, disk purplish black. B.M. 90 (as Gorteria rigens) shows a head of scarlet rays, with basal markings of brown, black and white.
Synonym - Gazania splendens, Hort. Hybrid, said to resemble G. uniflora in habit out dwarfer and more compact. Of the kinds in common cult, it is nearest to G. pavonia in coloring of fls.
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