''Ismelia carinata'', the tricolour chrysanthemum,
tricolor daisy, or annual chrysanthemum, is an
ornamental plant
Ornamental plants or ''garden plants'' are plants that are primarily grown for their beauty but also for qualities such as scent or how they shape physical space. Many flowering plants and garden varieties tend to be specially bred cultivars th ...
native to north Africa that is cultivated as a garden plant and grows as a weed in California.
It is the
sole species in the genus ''Ismelia''. It has been hybridized with related ''
Argyranthemum
''Argyranthemum'' (marguerite, marguerite daisy, dill daisy) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus ''Chrysanthemum''.
The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, ...
'' species to create
cultivar
A cultivar is a kind of Horticulture, cultivated plant that people have selected for desired phenotypic trait, traits and which retains those traits when Plant propagation, propagated. Methods used to propagate cultivars include division, root a ...
s of
garden marguerites.
References
Glebionidinae
Garden plants of North America
Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Flora of Africa
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