''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 that ...
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'' species to create
cultivar
A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture ...
s of
garden marguerite
Garden marguerites, also known as marguerite daisies, are cultivars of plants in the subtribe Glebionidinae of the family Asteraceae, the great majority being hybrids created in cultivation. One of the genera belonging to the subtribe, '' Argyrant ...
s.
References
Glebionidinae
Garden plants of North America
Monotypic Asteraceae genera
Flora of Africa
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