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1. Argyranthemum foeniculaceum (Willdenow) Webb ex Schultz-Bipontinus in P. B. Webb and S. Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries. 3(2,75): 262. 1844.
Pyrethrum foeniculaceum Willdenow, Enum. Pl., 903. 1809; Argyranthemum anethifolium Webb; Chrysanthemum anethifolium Willdenow; C. foeniculaceum (Willdenow) Steudel
Leaves scattered or crowded at bases of peduncles, ± succulent; blades ± obovate, 20–45(–100) × 10–30(–65) mm, (1–)2–3-pinnately lobed, ultimate margins dentate or entire, faces glabrous, ± glaucous. Peduncles 5–10 cm. Cypselae 2–4(–6) mm; pappi 0 (cypselar wall tissue sometimes produced as teeth or crowns at apices of some cypselae). 2n = 18.
Flowering May. Disturbed sites; 0–10 m; introduced; Calif.; Macaronesia.
Cultivars of Argyranthemum foeniculaceum and/or A. frutescens (Linnaeus) Schultz-Bipontinus (similar, not glaucous) are widely used horticulturally in landscaping and for cut flowers and are often sold as florists’ daisies, marguerites, or Paris daisies.
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