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Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Gazania rigens in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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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.
+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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