gazania groundcover which is distinguished by the deep orange color of its flowers and its green trailing foliage in addition the invention plant is floriferous vigorous and disease and frost tolerant application_number US 33707289 V description the following is detailed description of gazania rigens moorpark orange based on plants produced under commercial practices outdoors at mitsuwa nursery moorpark calif color references are made to the royal horticultural society colour chart except where the context indicates a term having its ordinary dictionary meaning parentage a natural hybrid within the gazania rigens and the gazania rigens var leucoleana groups habit of growth plants are decumbent spreading rapidly to approximately 1 meter in diameter plants form a dense carpet to approximately 13 cm in height 1 size mature leaves are approximately 6 10 cm in length and 1 cm in width at the widest point 3 texture the top side of the leaf is glabrous the bottom side is densely white tomentose 5 color young foliage top side 137 c young foliage underside 155 d mature foliage top side 137 a amp b mature foliage underside 155 d 1 general the flowers are a deep orange with a black ring around the flower center at the base the plants are very floriferous 2 habit the flower heads.