Leucanthemella
| Leucanthemella | |
|---|---|
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| Leucanthemella serotina[1] | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Anthemideae |
| Subtribe: | Artemisiinae |
| Genus: | Leucanthemella Tzvelev |
| Type species | |
| Leucanthemella serotina (L.) Tzvelev | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leucanthemella is a genus of flowering plants in chamomile tribe within the sunflower family.[3][4]
It contains two species of herbaceous perennials found in marshy habitats. They have hairy foliage and composite daisy-like white flowers in late summer and autumn.[5]
Leucanthemella serotina (autumn ox-eye), native to Europe (United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Bulgaria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Belarus, Ukraine). It is a vigorous, erect perennial growing to 1.5 m (5 ft) tall, bearing flowerheads with white ray florets and greenish-yellow centres, throughout autumn.[5] It is cultivated in gardens, and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6]
Leucanthemella linearis (Matsumura) Tzvelev in native to East Asia. It is found in Russia (Primorye), China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning Provinces), Korea, and Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).
References
- ↑ 1827 illustration published in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 54 [ser. 2, vol. 1]: plate 2706
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich. 1961. Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum 26: 137
- ↑ Tropicos, Leucanthemella Tzvelev
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ↑ "RHS Plant Selector - Leucanthemella serotina". Retrieved 21 May 2013.