Gazania linearis
(Thunb.) Druce
Treasure flower
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Buds
The flowers are eaten raw, and buds are also edible.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in areas with summer rainfall. It is fire resistant. It grows up to 3,050 m above sea level.
Africa, Asia, Australia, Britain, Europe, Korea, North America, South Africa, Southern Africa, Tasmania, USA,
How to Identify
A herb. It forms mats or clumps. It keeps growing from year to year. It has a single taproot. The leaves are narrow and dark green. They are shiny above and white and woolly below. The flowers open in the morning and close at night. The flowers are 8 cm across.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown by cuttings. It can also be grown by seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Gazania linearis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, with thin linear leaves, native to South Africa.
Names & Synonyms
References (4)
- Guillarmod, J., 1971,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 90
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 34
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
