Argyranthemum Explained
Argyranthemum (marguerite, marguerite daisy, dill daisy) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus Chrysanthemum.[1] [2]
The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, occurring only on the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands, and Madeira.[3]
Argyranthemum frutescens is recorded as a food plant of the leaf-mining larva of the moth Bucculatrix chrysanthemella.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
- Argyranthemum adauctum (Link) Humphries
- Argyranthemum broussonetii (Pers.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum callichrysum (Svent.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum coronopifolium (Willd.) Webb
- Argyranthemum dissectum (Lowe) Lowe
- Argyranthemum escarrei (Svent.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum filifolium (Sch.Bip.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum foeniculaceum (Willd.) Webb ex Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum gracile Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum haematomma Lowe
- Argyranthemum haouarytheum Humphries & Bramwell
- Argyranthemum hierrense Humphries
- Argyranthemum lemsii Humphries
- Argyranthemum lidii Humphries
- Argyranthemum maderense (D.Don) Humphries
- Argyranthemum pinnatifidum (L.f.) Webb
- Argyranthemum sundingii L.Borgen
- Argyranthemum sventenii Humphries & Aldridge
- Argyranthemum tenerifae Humphries
- Argyranthemum thalassophilum (Svent.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum webbii Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum winteri (Svent.) Humphries
Cultivation
See main article: Garden marguerite. Hybrids of Argyranthemum species, some involving species in related genera, are widely sold as ornamental plants for summer bedding or containers. These cultivars produce prolific single or double-flowered daisy-like flowers in shades of white, pink, yellow and purple throughout summer. In the UK climate, they are generally half-hardy, and can be grown from seed or cuttings, or purchased as young plants to be planted out after all danger of frost has passed.[4]
External links
- http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=argyranthemum
Notes and References
- Webb, Philip Barker ex Schultz, Carl Heinrich Bipontinus. 1844. Histoire Naturelle des Îles Canaries 3(2.2): 245, 258–259
- http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019190 Tropicos, Argyranthemum Webb ex Sch. Bip.
- Bramwell, D and Bramwell, Z (2001) Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Editorial Rueda SL, Madrid, Spain, 2nd edition.
- Book: RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. 2008. Dorling Kindersley. United Kingdom. 978-1405332965. 1136.
