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Asteraceae

Barberton daisy

Gerbera jamesonii Bolus ex Hook.f.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Gerbera

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Barberton daisy: Lekgalameetse Provincial Park, Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (12)
Afrikaans
Barbertonse madeliefie
Arabic
جربارة جيمسونية
Armenian
Գերբերա ջեմսոնի
arz
غرباره جيمسونيه
Chinese
非洲菊, 扶郎花
English
Barberton daisy
Lithuanian
Džeimsono gerbera
Macedonian
Гербер
Malayalam
ഗെർബെര ജെയിംസോണി
Persian
ژربرا جامزونی
Serbian
Gerber
Slovenian
Jamesonova gerbera

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.