Le Gazania presentano un folto apparato fogliare formato da foglie persistenti, lanuginose in alcune specie, sempre verdi nella pagina superiore e grigie argentate in quella inferiore, che da filiformi diventano spatolate e pubescenti man mano che crescono.
I fiori a capolino appaiono in gran parte dell’anno, perlopiù nei mesi caldi. Essi, di diverse dimensioni a seconda della specie e dai colori gialli o rossi più o meno intensi, sono molto decorativi e riescono ad aprirsi completamente solo se sono esposti al sole, tendendo poi a richiudersi la sera. Ogni fiore, se fecondato, può produrre numerosissimi piccoli semi, fusiformi e appuntiti, caratterizzati da una corona di peli piumosi.
Gazania is a genus of herbaceous and perennial plants of the Asteraceae family, a native of southern Africa that includes about forty species and numerous commercial hybrids. They are cultivated plants for drought resistance and for the beauty of flowers.
The Gazania have a thick leaf system formed by persistent leaves, fluffy in some species, always green in the upper page and gray silver in the lower one, which from threadlike become spatulate and pubescent as they grow.
The flower heads appear in most of the year, mostly in the warm months. They, of different sizes depending on the species and with more or less intense yellow or red colors, are very decorative and can only open completely if they are exposed to the sun, then tending to close in the evening. Each flower, if fertilized, can produce numerous small, fusiform and pointed seeds, characterized by a crown of feathery hairs.
