| Scientific Name: | Gerbera jamesonii (incl. hybrids) |
| Common Name: | Transvaal daisy |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Africa, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8b: (-9.4 to -7 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual, Flowering cut plant, Flowering pot plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Bedding plant, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Indoor plant, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Tomentose, Oblong, Obovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), White, Orange, Yellow, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves large, basal, oblanceolate with shallow lobes; petioles floppy, pubescent; head with varying colours of ray florets. | |