Print Fact SheetGlebionis coronaria

Taxonomy

Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass. ex Spach, Hist. nat. vég. 10:181. 1841

Common synonyms

Buphthalmum oleraceum Lour.; Chamaemelum coronarium (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Chrysanthemum breviradiatum Hort. ex DC.; Chrysanthemum coronarium L.; Chrysanthemum coronarium f. simplex Faure & Maire; Chrysanthemum coronarium subsp. coronarium; Chrysanthemum coronarium subsp. discolor; Chrysanthemum coronarium subsp. discolor; Chrysanthemum coronarium var. concolor Batt.; Chrysanthemum coronarium var. coronarium; Chrysanthemum coronarium var. discolor d'Urv.; Chrysanthemum coronarium var. spatiosum Bailey; Chrysanthemum coronarium var. subdiscolor Maire; Chrysanthemum coronatum Dum. Cours.; Chrysanthemum merinoanum Pau; Chrysanthemum roxburghii Desf.; Chrysanthemum roxburghii Desf. ex Cass.; Chrysanthemum senecioides Dunal; Chrysanthemum senecioides Dunal ex DC.; Chrysanthemum spatiosum (L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey; Chrysanthemum speciosum Brouss.; Chrysanthemum speciosum Brouss. ex Pers.; Dendranthema coronarium (L.) M.R.Almeida; Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass.; Glebionis coronaria (L.) Tzvelev; Glebionis coronaria var. coronaria; Glebionis coronaria var. discolor (d'Urv.) Turland; Glebionis roxburghii (Desf. ex Cass.) Tzvelev; Glebionis roxburghii (Desf.) Tzvelev; Matricaria coronaria (L.) Desr.; Pinardia coronaria (L.) Less.; Pinardia roxburghii (Desf. ex Cass.) Less.; Pyrethrum indicum Roxb.; Pyrethrum roxburghii Desf.; Xanthophthalmum coronarium (L.) P.D.Sell; Xanthophthalmum coronarium var. discolor (d'Urv.) P.D.Sell; Xantophtalmum coronarium (L.) P. D. Sell

Common name

Crown daisy

Description

Propagule or dispersal unit is the fruit. Fertile part 2.5-3.3(-4.5) mm long, 1.4-2.5(-3) mm wide, in side view widest in upper part (obovoid), +/- straight, the upper (apical) end narrowing or suddenly cut off (truncate), in cross-section angular (prismatic), basal scar (carpopodium) inconspicuous and undifferentiated, central, beak (=thinner sterile stalk between seed and pappus) absent, wings absent or some longitudinal ribs developed into wings, 0.4-1.5 mm wide, fruit surface dark brown, rarely light brown or straw, smooth (except at cellular level), with glands or glandular hairs, thickened margin absent, longitudinal ribs present, 4-9, their surfaces smooth, with no hairs (glabrous).

Pappus absent.

Ecology

Annual herb. Subtropical to warm-temperate regions. Cultivated as a leaf vegetable.

Native range

Mediterranean.

Introduced range

North America, rare in South America, Europe, South Africa, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, China, Japan, Taiwan, southwestern and southeastern Australia, New Zealand