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Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.  

Genus:  Argyranthemum  WEBB
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   SCH.BIP.:  Carl Heinrich Schultz ('Bipontinus', 1805 - 1867), physician and botanist from the Palatinate (Germany)
   WEBB:  Philip Barker Webb (1793 - 1854), English botanist
 

Etymology:
   Argyranthemum:   argyros = silver, anthos = blossom
   frutescens:   bushy
 

Argyranthemum frutescens is growing on most of the Canary Islands, there are several subspecies with different leaf forms and habit. Usually the ligules are white. For garden breedings willingly color variants withs bright yellow ligules are used, too.

 

Argyranthemum frutescens / Marguerite Daisy, Teneriffa Icod de los Vinos 19.2.1989
Fig. 1:  Argyranthemum frutescens / Marguerite Daisy
Teneriffa, Icod de los Vinos 19.2.1989
Argyranthemum frutescens / Marguerite Daisy, Teneriffa Icod de los Vinos 19.2.1989
Fig. 2:  Argyranthemum frutescens / Marguerite Daisy
Teneriffa, Icod de los Vinos 19.2.1989
Argyranthemum frutescens / Marguerite Daisy, Teneriffa Esperanza 13.2.1989
Fig. 3:  Argyranthemum frutescens / Marguerite Daisy
Teneriffa, Esperanza 13.2.1989

 


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