Leucanthemella serotina

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]

Leucanthemella serotina
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
List
    • Chrysanthemum serotinum L.
    • Chrysanthemum uliginosum (Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.) Pers.
    • Decaneurum serotinum (L.) Sch.Bip.
    • Leucanthemum serotinum (L.) Stankov
    • Matricaria serotina (L.) Desr.
    • Pyrethrum serotinum (L.) Willd.
    • Pyrethrum uliginosum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
    • Tanacetum serotinum (L.) Sch.Bip.

References
  1. Fl. URSS 26: 139 (1961)
  2. "Leucanthemella serotina (L.) Tzvelev". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
  4. "Leucanthemella serotina autumn ox-eye". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 25 February 2021. Other common names; ... giant daisy, high daisy. Synonyms; ... Leucanthemum maximum


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