Argyranthemum frutescens
(L.) Webb. ex Sch.Bip. Marguerite DaisyPhyt. Canar. 2: 264 (1844)
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Introduced
Degree of establishment
Adventive
Much-branched subshrub to c. 1 m high, glabrous; stems striate. Leaves ovate to obovate in outline, mostly 2–5 cm long, 0.5–3 cm wide, 1- or 2-pinnatisect, segments linear to subulate, 0.5–4 mm wide, acute. Capitula 3–6 cm diam., solitary or in lax corymbs; peduncles 4–12 cm long; involucral bracts triangular to ovate, 2–5 mm long. Ray florets c. 15–20; ligules 8–35 mm long, white; disc florets numerous, 2.5–3 mm long, yellow. Ray cypselas 3–5 mm long, trigonous with 2 or 3 angles broadly winged; disc cypselas 2.5–4 mm long, 1-winged, innermost not winged. Pappus a corona to 2 mm long.
Wim, GipP, OtP, EGL, Strz.
7 subspecies; 2 sparingly established in Victoria.
Created by: Daniel
Ohlsen,
22 Jan. 2016
Updated by: Daniel
Ohlsen,
10 May 2017
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Argyranthemum frutescens
(L.) Webb. ex Sch.Bip.
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