Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertner

Spice In the field

Family: COMPOSITAE (ASTERACEAE)

Genus: Gazania

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Chameophyte.

Habitats: Garden plants. Gardens and sometimes subespontaneous.

Characteristics: Plant that forms a small bush of leaves, lanceolate with a pilose covering, which gives them a whitish colouration. Flowers are relatively large capitula with yellow or orange ligules. Grown in ornamental gardens and can be found growing sub spontaneously in other areas. Originally from South Africa.