About Gazania pectinata (Thunb.) Hartw.
Gazania pectinata (Thunb.) Hartw. produces yellow to orange flowers, which usually have black to brown spots. Flowers are borne on long scapes that range from hairless (glabrous) to covered with stiff bristles (setose). The involucre is also glabrous to setose, shaped like an obtuse bell (campanulate), with a base that is broadly or obtusely connate. A number of parietal involucral bracts (scales) occur along the length of the involucre; these bracts are oblong and arranged irregularly. The leaves are long and slender, linear-lanceolate with acute tips, and are usually pinnate, or more rarely simple. The upper surface of each leaf is smooth, while the lower surface is woolly (tomentose). In growth form, Gazania pectinata is an annual plant, and sometimes perennial. It forms basal rosettes, and only produces relatively short stems.
