Leucanthemella

Leucanthemella is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower/daisy family Asteraceae.[3][4]

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

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
  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. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  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.


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