Leucanthemum heterophyllum

Leucanthemum heterophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the aster family

Leucanthemum heterophyllum
Leucanthemum heterophyllum at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Leucanthemum
Species:
L. heterophyllum
Binomial name
Leucanthemum heterophyllum
(Willd.) DC.
Synonyms
  • Chrysanthemum leucanthemum var. heterophyllum Fiori et Paol.;
  • Chrysanthemum maximum Auct. p.p.

Description

Leucanthemum heterophyllum can reach a height of 30–80 centimetres (12–31 in). This plant is perennial, glabrous or hairy. The stem is erect and robust, with a rosette of large basal leaves, petiolate, oblong, serrulate on the edges. It produces solitary white many-stellate flowers. The central disk flowers are tubular, hermaphrodite, yellow. They bloom from June to September.

Distribution

This plant is native to the southern Europe, from the Iberian Peninsula and the Alps up to the Balkans and Caucasus.

Habitat

This species lives in grasslands, meadows, shrubs, preferably on calcareous soils, at elevation of 1,000–2,200 metres (3,300–7,200 ft) above sea level.

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References
  • Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003]
  • Hortipedia
  • Luirig.altervista


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