Gazania leptophyllaDC. [family ASTERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by A. P. de Candolle,
Related name
Gazania pinnata
Gazania krebsiana
Gazania ciliaris
Gazania leptophylla
Flora
Entry for GAZANIA leptophylla DC. [family COMPOSITAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 3, page 44, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
GAZANIA leptophyllaDC. [family COMPOSITAE], ! l. c. 512
Information
crown woody, multifid; subradical leaves narrow-linear, flexuous, tapering into a ciliolate petiole, either quite entire or pinnatifid toward the apex, the lobes narrow, short, quite glabrous above, tomentose with revolute margins beneath; pedunc. glabrous, longer than the leaves; inv. cylindrical, truncate at base, glabrous; lobes 3-seriate, the outer few, narrow-linear, reflexed, inner broadly ovate, obtuse, membr.-edged, biseriate, all very short. A small species. Leaves 1 1/2–2 inches long, 1 line wide. Heads small and few-fl.; rays narrow. Allied to G. longifolia, Less., with which its inv. nearly agrees.
