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Trailing Treasureflower

Gazania rigens

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 46, February 25, March 43, April 212, May 104, June 32, July 32, August 16, September 40, October 84, November 47, December 50.
South Africa731
Western Cape336
Spain303
Cataluña/Catalunya273
KwaZulu-Natal255
Eastern Cape140
France73
New Zealand68
Occitanie52
United States46

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusTreasure Flowers · Gazania

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Trailing Treasureflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.