Pollinator plant

treasure flower

Gazania (species)

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Common names

3 names · 2 languages
EnglishYour language
  • Gazania
  • treasure flower[1]
Other languages (1)
Dutch
  • Gazania
Sources & name notes (1)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Royal Horticultural Society — common names ↗

Names retained from the referenced botanical profile or table.

Source records
  • treasure flower — Common-name subtitle below main botanical heading (h1).; Gazania.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Botanical family
Asteraceae

Genus-level classification for Gazania; this does not confirm the complete catalogue name.

Sources [1]
Native range
Genus-level native range: tropical southern Africa and southern Africa. Individual species have narrower ranges.

Combined range of the genus; individual species differ. Explicit institutional genus geography resolves conflicting introduced-locality flags in the older archive.

Sources [2]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Low suitability
Nectar value Unknown
Pollen value Low
Plant profile

About this plant

Gazania (Gazania (species)) is a herbaceous plant. Its flowering period is not specified.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Gazania — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: Botanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1892659; ID 62T5W; rank genus; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. South African National Biodiversity Institute Gazania — genus distribution in PlantZAfrica

    Genus-level geography from PlantZAfrica; contradictory European locality flags in the older Kew archive are withheld. Extraction retained in output/pollinator_native_manual_genus_web_20260909.json.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: Derivation of name and historical aspects: genus Gazania distribution

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