| + | Cladanthus (Greek, klados, branch, and anthos, flower; alluding to the branching, which distinguishes this genus from Anthemis). Compositae. An annual yellow-rayed herb, sometimes planted in the open garden. Plant branched from the base in a forking manner; a fl. terminates each branch, whereupon 2 new branches start from directly beneath the fl.; each of these is temporarily stopped by a fl., and so on: involucre hemispherical; receptacle conical or oblong, with scales about fls; ray-fls. pistillate, disk-fls. perfect.—One species; allied to Achillea and Anthemis. |