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The species typically grows on grassy and rocky hillsides. Considered invasive in CA. http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=256532&isprofile=0&

Week 5—Drafting of the article

Notes: We should mention what specific climates the Gazania linearis is found in. Add more details about the reproduction process. Is the fruit edible (to humans, animals)? Is the plant benificial medically?

Potential Sources Bibliography:

Baznekian, Aleksi. Observations of a naturalized Gazania population & fruit morphology of a Baccharis species. No. e252v1. PeerJ PrePrints, 2014.

Bolofo, R. N., and C. T. Johnson. "The identification of ‘Isicakathi’and its medicinal use in Transkei." Bothalia 18.1 (1988): 125-130.

Sayuti, Z., and J. D. Hitchmough. "Effect of sowing time on field emergence and growth of South African grassland species." South African journal of botany 88 (2013): 28-35.

"Gazania linearis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name treasure flower. It is native to southern Africa, particularly South Africa, but it can be found in other parts of the world with similar climates where it has taken hold as an introduced species, such as in California and New Mexico in the United States.

Gazania linearis is a mat-forming or clumping perennial herb growing from rhizomes. Its leaves have long, winged petioles and form basal rosettes at the ground around the branching stem. The leaves have oval-shaped, dull green leaflets with woolly undersides. The plant produces large, solitary daisy-like flower-heads in shades of bright yellow and orange, although the colors may vary in cultivated specimens. Each head may be up to 8 centimeters (3 inches) across and has a dark reddish center of disc florets and an outer fringe of about 20 long ray florets. The ray florets may have dark spots near the bases, curl upwards along their edges, and close at night. The fruit is a tiny achene covered in very long hairs several times the length of the fruit body. "