Argyranthemum
Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family
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The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, occurring only on the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands, and Madeira.
Argyranthemum frutescens is recorded as a food plant of the leaf-mining larva of the moth Bucculatrix chrysanthemella.
Species
As of February 2020, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:
- Argyranthemum adauctum (Link) Humphries
- Argyranthemum broussonetii (Pers.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum callichrysum (Svent.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum coronopifolium (Willd.) Webb
- Argyranthemum dissectum (Lowe) Lowe
- Argyranthemum escarrei (Svent.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum filifolium (Sch.Bip.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum foeniculaceum (Willd.) Webb ex Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum frutescens (L.) Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum gracile Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum haematomma Lowe
- Argyranthemum haouarytheum Humphries & Bramwell
- Argyranthemum hierrense Humphries
- Argyranthemum lemsii Humphries
- Argyranthemum lidii Humphries
- Argyranthemum maderense (D.Don) Humphries
- Argyranthemum pinnatifidum (L.f.) Webb
- Argyranthemum sundingii L.Borgen
- Argyranthemum sventenii Humphries & Aldridge
- Argyranthemum tenerifae Humphries
- Argyranthemum thalassophilum (Svent.) Humphries
- Argyranthemum webbii Sch.Bip.
- Argyranthemum winteri (Svent.) Humphries
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Cultivation
Hybrids of Argyranthemum species, some involving species in related genera, are widely sold as ornamental plants for summer bedding or containers. These cultivars produce prolific single or double-flowered daisy-like flowers in shades of white, pink, yellow and purple throughout summer. In the UK climate, they are generally half-hardy, and can be grown from seed or cuttings, or purchased as young plants to be planted out after all danger of frost has passed.