Ismelia carinata
Schousboe
Tricolor chrysanthemum, Annual Chrysanthemum
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Description
An annual plant. It grows 60 cm tall. The leaves are bright green and divided into leaflets. The flowers have purple eyes and are in heads. They have banding on them. The flower heads occur singly. They can be 10 cm across.
Edible Uses
The leaves are eaten as a vegetable and the plant is cultivated for this purpose.
Distribution
It is a Mediterranean climate plant. It suits dry sunny places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Asia, China, Hawaii, Mediterranean, Morocco*, North Africa, Pacific, USA,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
Other Information
Cultivated as a vegetable.
Notes
There are about 20-40 Chrysanthemum species and many cultivated varieties.
Synonyms
Also Known As
Hao zi gan, Painted daisy
References (7)
- Blamey, M and Grey-Wilson, C., 2005, Wild flowers of the Mediterranean. A & C Black London. p 444 (As Chrysanthemum carinatum)
- Iagttag. Vextrig. Marokko 198, t. 6. 1800 (As Chrysanthemum carinatum)
- Ling Yuou-ruen & C. J. Humphries, ASTERACEAE (Draft), Tribe ANTHEMIDEAE Cassini, in Flora of China. (As Chrysanthemum carinatum)
- Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/ (As Chrysanthemum carinatum)
- Staples, G.W. and Herbst, D.R., 2005, A tropical Garden Flora. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. p 156 (As Chrysanthemum carinatum)
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- Wiersema, J. H. & Leon, B., 2013, World Economic Plants. A Standard Reference CRC Press. 2nd Ed. p 323 (As Glebionis carinata)
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (As Glebionis carinata)
