About Gazania serrata DC.
Gazania serrata DC. produces yellow or orange flowers that grow on setose (bristly) scapes. Its flower involucre is also bristly, shaped campanulate (bell-shaped) with an obtuse base. At least two rows of terminal bracts surround the apex of the involucre, and some scattered parietal bracts are typically present along the involucre's length. The innermost terminal involucre bracts are acuminate (tapering to a sharp point). Its leaves are lanceolate, and may be simple, or pinnate with linear to oblanceolate lobes. The margins of the leaf lobes are usually irregularly serrated. The upper surface of the leaf is typically rough and slightly sticky, while the lower surface is white woolly (tomentose). As a compact herbaceous perennial, Gazania serrata DC. grows in basal rosettes with only relatively short stems, and the entire plant has a slightly sticky texture.
