Gazania krebsiana Less.
subsp. serrulata (DC.) Roessler

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Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata

Picture: Mark Hyde
Cnr Lanner Avenue/Teviotdale Rd, Borrowdale Common, Harare

Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata

Picture: Mark Hyde
Cnr Lanner Avenue/Teviotdale Rd, Borrowdale Common, Harare

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Synonyms: Gazania schinzii O. Hoffm.
Gazania serrulata DC.
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Low-growing perennial herb, with milky latex. Leaves densely crowded at the base, linear or linear-lanceolate, markedly discolorous, upper surface green with a sunken midvein, sparsely to densely bristly, lower surface white-tomentose except for the green midvein.
Type location:
South Africa
Notes: Unusually, outside of the tribe Lactucae, this species produces milky latex.
Derivation of specific name: krebsiana: after Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792-1844), a German emigrant to South Africa, apothecary, naturalist, chemist, botanist and botanical collector; serrulata: minutely serrate, toothed like a saw-blade.
Habitat: An attractive species of grassland and seasonally wet ground, often appearing early in Spring in burnt areas.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Jul - Sep
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and South Africa.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): C
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Literature:

Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 217. (Includes a picture).

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 95. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. as Gazania krebsiana arctotoides

Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 31.

Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 454 - 455. (Includes a picture).

Kirby, G. (2013). Wild Flowers of Southeast Botswana Struik Nature, Cape Town South Africa Page 136. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 25.

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 30. As Gazania krebsiana

Plowes, D.C.H. & Drummond, R.B. (1990). Wild Flowers of Zimbabwe. Revised edition. Longman, Zimbabwe. No. 141, plate 184

Pooley, E. (1998). A Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region. Natal Flora Publications Trust. Durban. Pages 332 - 333. As Gazania krebsiana (Includes a picture).

Pope, G.V. (1992). Compositae Flora Zambesiaca 6(1) Pages 253 - 255. (Includes a picture).

Roessler, H. (1975). The Compositae of the Flora Zambesiaca Area, 5 Subtribe Gorteriinae. Kirkia 10(1) Pages 97 - 99. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 34.

Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 100 - 101. (Includes a picture).

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Flora of Botswana: Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata
Flora of Malawi: Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata
Flora of Mozambique: Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata
Flora of Zimbabwe: Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Gazania krebsiana
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=161750, retrieved 19 March 2024

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