Biology:Leucanthemella serotina

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Leucanthemella

Leucanthemella serotina
Leucanthemella serotina - Curtis's 1827.jpg
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Leucanthemella
Species:
L. serotina
Binomial name
Leucanthemella serotina
(L.) Tzvelev[1]
Synonyms[2]

Leucanthemella serotina, called the autumn ox-eye, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Leucanthemella, native to Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine, and introduced to Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota and New York in the United States, Ontario and Québec in Canada, and France, Germany, Great Britain, and Switzerland.[2] 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.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, and is also considered by them to be a good plant to attract pollinators.[4]

References

  1. Fl. URSS 26: 139 (1961)
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Leucanthemella serotina (L.) Tzvelev". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:229939-1. 
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. pp. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965. 
  4. "Leucanthemella serotina autumn ox-eye". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9993/Leucanthemella-serotina/Details. "Other common names; ... giant daisy, high daisy. Synonyms; ... Leucanthemum maximum" 

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