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Leucanthemella

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Leucanthemella
Leucanthemella serotina[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Leucanthemella
Tzvelev
Type species
Leucanthemella serotina
(L.) Tzvelev
Synonyms[2]
  • Decaneurum Sch.Bip. ex Walp. 1843, illegitimate homonym not DC. 1833

Leucanthemella is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae.[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. They are hardy in the most extreme European climates, down to −20 °C (−4 °F) or less, but in cultivation favour a sheltered position.[5]

Leucanthemella serotina, autumn ox-eye or giant daisy, is native to Eastern Europe (between Poland, Montenegro, and Ukraine) and widely introduced in (north)western to south-central Europe. 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][7]

Leucanthemella linearis (Matsumura) Tzvelev is native to East Asia. It is found in Russia (Primorye), China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning Provinces), Korea, and Japan (Honshu and Kyushu).

References

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  1. ^ 1827 illustration published in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 54 [ser. 2, vol. 1]: plate 2706
  2. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-17 at archive.today
  3. ^ Tzvelev, Nikolai Nikolaievich. 1961. Flora Unionis Rerumpublicarum Sovieticarum Socialisticarum 26: 137
  4. ^ Tropicos, Leucanthemella Tzvelev
  5. ^ a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  6. ^ "RHS Plant Selector - Leucanthemella serotina". Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  7. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 59. Retrieved 21 March 2018.