Lagenophora

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Scientific Names

Read about Lagenophora in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Lagenophora (flask-bearing, referring to the shape of the involucre;. Compositae. Small perennial scapose herbs, resembling Bellis, allied to Brachycome, sometimes planted. Scapes sometimes bearing lvs., slender, unbranched; heads solitary and small, with a short involucre having bracts in about 2 rows; receptacle convex and naked; rays in 1-3 rows, usually white, female and fertile; disk-florets perfect: fr. compressed, more or less beaked, the pappus wanting.—Species about 16, mostly in Austral, and New Zeal., but some in E. Asia and in extra-tropical S. Amer. They are probably adapted to outdoor cult. in parts of the S. L. Forsteri, DC., the "native daisy" of New Zeal., is described by Cheeseman as a small daisy-like herb, either tufted or with creeping and rooting stolons furnished with tufts of radical lvs. at the nodes: lvs. radical or cauline, the blade orbicular to obovate and 1 in. or less long, coarsely dentate or nearly lobed: scape 1-6 in. long, sometimes with 1-3 minute linear bracts; head 1/4- 1/2 in. diam., the rays white and revolute, numerous. Variable. G.C. III. 49:69. L. Billardieri, Cass., of India and Austral., has lvs. radical or nearly so, oblong or obovate, sinuate-toothed: scape slender, 3-4 in., from a rootstock with thick fibers: head 1/6 in. diam., with white short rays: variable in size of head. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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