Pyrethrum frutescens

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Compositae

The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch. Bip. • Chrysanthemum Frutescens • Chrysanthemum frutescens L.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Pyrethrum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

P. coccineum (Pyrethum Daisy) · P. frutescens (Marguerite Daisy) · P. indicum (Mother's Daisy) · P. leucanthemum (Common White Daisy) · P. parthenium (Feverfew) · P. segetum (Corn Marigold) · P. vulgare (Golden Buttons)

More Info

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Further Reading

• A practical guide to garden plants, containing descriptions of the hardiest and most beautiful annuals and biennials, hardy herbaceous and bulbous perennials, hardy water and bog plants, flowering and ornamental trees and shrubs, conife London;Longmans, Green, 1901. url p. 532.
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 207.
• Bulletin of miscellaneous information /Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1917 1917 London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1900-1941. url p. 116, p. 117.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: The Museum, 1951-1992. url p. 149, p. 150, p. 180, p. 183.
• Bulletin of the Natural History Museum. London: The Natural History Museum, c1993-2002. url p. 33, p. 6.
• Flora of the U.S.S.R. [Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; 1968- url p. 126.
• Gardening. Chicago, the Gardening Co., 1892-1925. url p. 122.
• Nicholson, G. The illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopædia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists /edited by George Nicholson; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. .. 6 1884 London: L.U. Gill, [1884]-88. url p. 257.
• Philosophical notes on botanical subjects. London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1892. url p. 73.
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 475.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 497, p. 568, p. 628.
• The Illustrated dictionary of gardening: a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists / edited by George Nicholson. ..; assisted by J.W.H. Trail. .. and J. Garrett. ... London: L. Upcott Gill; 1887-1889. url p. 257.
• The century supplement to the dictionary of gardening, a practical and scientific encyclopaedia of horticulture for gardeners and botanists / by Geo. Nicholson. .. [et al.]. Hyde Park, Mass.: Geo. T. King; 1901. url p. 55.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 8844222
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15188427
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240767-1
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3123878

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