Garden Treasure Flower
Gazania × splendens
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Coastal grassland
- Range
- Southern Africa
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Warning Colors
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Garden Treasure Flower, also known as Gazania × splendens, is a flowering plant native to South Africa. This species is a hybrid of Gazania angustifolia and Gazania rigens. Gazania × splendens is a perennial plant that blooms in the spring and summer. This species is a ground-covering plant that grows 10 to 15 cm tall.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Gazania