Nipponanthemum

Nipponanthemum nipponicum, common names "Nippon daisy" or "Montauk daisy," is a plant species native to coastal regions of Japan but cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.[3][4] It is now naturalized as an escapee along seashores in New York and New Jersey.[5][6] It is the only species in the genus Nipponanthemum, formerly considered part of Chrysanthemum.[7][8]

Nipponanthemum
Nipponanthemum nipponicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Nipponanthemum

(Kitam.) Kitam.
Species:
N. nipponicum
Binomial name
Nipponanthemum nipponicum
(Franch. ex Maxim.) Kitam.
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Chrysanthemum nipponicum (Franch. ex Maxim.) Sprenger. 1895.
  • Chrysanthemum nipponicum (Franch. ex Maxim.) Franch. ex Matsum. 1912. (illegitimate)
  • Leucanthemum nipponicum Franch. ex Maxim. 1872.

Nipponanthemum nipponicum is a shrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. Most of the alternate leaves are clustered near the top of the stem. Flower heads are up to 8 cm (3 inches)across and are borne singly. Ray flowers are white, disc flowers usually yellow but sometimes red or purple.

References
  1. Tropicos
  2. The Plant List.
  3. White Flower Farm, Litchfield, Connecticut
  4. Telegraph, Northern Landscape Corporation, Chepachet, Rhode Island
  5. Conolly, B.H. 2012. Peconic Dunes field trip. Long Island Botanical Society Quarterly Newsletter 22: 32.
  6. Gleason, H.A., and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. New York Botanical Garden, New York.
  7. Flora of North America, v 19 p 556.
  8. Kitamura, Siro. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 29: 168. 1978.
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