Gazania is a genus of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family that are native to Southern Africa, often planted as a drought-tolerant groundcover. Over a long period in summer they produce large, daisy-like composite flowerheads in brilliant shades of yellow and orange.

Gazania lichtensteinii, commonly known as Geelgousblom in Afrikaans and Yellow Calendula in English, is a South African indigenous annual found growing in the Northern Cape and Western Cape Provinces. It is commonplace in the Succulent Karoo. The small seeds have fluffy tufts that spread in the wind. Young seedlings grow best on rough, barren ground where there is little competition from established plants. Ostriches in particular tend to feed on them.