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Arctanthemum integrifolium

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Arctanthemum integrifolium
Quttinirpaaq National Park, Nunavut
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Arctanthemum integrifolium
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysanthemum integrifolium Richardson 1823
  • Dendranthema integrifolium (Richardson) Tzvelev
  • Hulteniella integrifolia (Richardson) Tzvelev
  • Leucanthemum integrifolium (Richardson) DC.

Arctanthemum integrifolium, the entireleaf daisy,[2] is an Arctic species of plants in the sunflower family. It grows in Alaska, northern Canada, Peary Land in northern Greenland, and the East Chukotka region in eastern Russia.[3][4][5]

Arctanthemum integrifolium is a perennial herb rarely more than 12 cm (4.8 inches) tall, with a woody underground caudex and a basal rosette of leaves. Each plant usually produces only one flower head, containing 11–19 white ray flowers surrounding 60–80 yellow disc flowers.[6]

References

  1. ^ Tropicos, Arctanthemum integrifolium (Richardson) Tzvelev
  2. ^ NRCS. "Plants Database HUIN3". United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map, Hulteniella integrifolia
  4. ^ Aiken, S.G., Dallwitz, M.J., Consaul, L.L., McJannet, C.L., Boles, R.L., Argus, G.W., Gillett, J.M., Scott, P.J., Elven, R., LeBlanc, M.C., Gillespie, L.J., Brysting, A.K., Solstad, H., and Harris, J.G. 2007. Flora of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. NRC Research Press, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa. http://nature.ca/aaflora/data
  5. ^ Panarctic Flora, 861901 Hulteniella integrifolia (Richardson) Tzvelev
  6. ^ Flora of North America, Hulteniella Tzvelev 1987.