Gazania linearis

Gazania linearis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, with thin linear leaves, native to South Africa.

The leaves have long, winged petioles and form basal rosettes at the ground around the short branching stem.

)[2] The plant produces large, solitary daisy-like flower-heads that are invariably bright yellow.

The ray florets may have dark spots near the bases, curl upwards along their edges, and close at night.

[7] Mixed Gazania cultivars, sometimes identified as G. linearis, have also taken hold as an introduced species in other parts of the world with similar climates, such as in California and New Mexico in the United States; Australia; and New Zealand, where they have been classified as a weed.

The involucre of Gazania linearis var linearis , Eastern Cape, South Africa. Like many other Gazania species, the undersides of the ray florets can have longitudinal stripes.
The flowerheads of Gazania linearis are yellow above, without stripes or lines, though sometimes with small dark spots near the bases of the ray florets.
The leaves of Gazania linearis var linearis are slender, linear, with rough-to-ciliate lower leaf margins. Old dead leaves persist around the base of the rosette.
Gazania linearis var linearis in habitat, near Queenstown in South Africa. This specimen's flowerhead has dark spots at the bases of its ray florets.