Common Name:
SHASTA DAISY
Synonym:
Chrysanthemum ×superbum
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Coefficient of Conservatism:
*
Coefficient of Wetness:
5
Wetness Index:
UPL
Physiognomy:
Ad P-Forb
R. W. Smith
Chrysanthemum ×superbum of Michigan Flora.
This is a well-known horticultural plant, presumed to be a hybrid between two European species; quite variable, with numerous cultivars. First collected outside of cultivation in Emmet Co., in 1948.
The heads are similar to those of the weedy ox-eye daisy, but they run larger and the leaves are merely toothed rather than lobed and well developed toward the middle of the stem (rather than toward the base).