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Gerbera jamesonii (Barberton Daisy, Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy)
Photo by guzhengman
Common name: Gerbera Daisy, Barberton Daisy, Transvaal Daisy, African Daisy ???
Family: Asteraceae ??
Origin: South Africa
Location: Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Gerbera jamesonii is a perennial herb with deeply lobed leaves covered with silky hairs arising from a crown. The striking inflorescence is borne on a long stalk and the outermost petals (ray florets) may be cream, red, orange or pink, while the central flowers (disc florets) are cream. Flowering occurs in spring and autumn.
The genus name Gerbera is in honour of the German naturalist Traugott Gerber, and the species was named after Robert Jameson who collected live specimens while on a prospecting expedition to the Barberton district in 1884, even though the species had been collected on three earlier occasions by other people. In 1888, Medley Wood, the curator of the Durban Botanical Garden sent plants to Kew, which subsequently flowered.
Ref: www.plantzafrica.com/plantefg/gerberajames.htm
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