[1] The flowers vary in colour from yellow to reddish-orange, often with brown-to-black patches at the petal bases.

[2] The involucre is usually hairy (setose), obtusely bell-shaped (campanulate) and 8-10mm wide.

The linear-lanceolate leaves are usually pinnate with linear-to-elliptic lobes, but can sometimes also be simple.

(In contrast, the leaves of Gazania serrata are sticky and have more clearly serrated margins).

Species boundaries between these are not clear, and they are frequently confused in practice.