Treasure-flower
Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 23 cm
Asteraceae
Formerly Gorteria rigens, Melanchrysum rigens, Meridiana ringens, Othonna rigens
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or subshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Northern Prov. to KwaZulu-NatalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- OrangeRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Welsh
- blodyn trysor
- Chinese
- 勋章菊
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.5
- 3D model: Gazania rigens (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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