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Leucanthemum heterophyllum

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Leucanthemum heterophyllum
Leucanthemum heterophyllum at the Giardino Botanico Alpino Chanousia
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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

Description

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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

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

Habitat

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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.

References

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