Leucanthemum × superbum

Leucanthemum ×superbum

Flower name
Leucanthemum × superbum
Scientific name
Leucanthemum ×superbum
AliasShasta daisy, シャスターデイジー, シャスターギク, デイジー, シャスタ・デイジー, レウカンセマム
Place of origin horticultural
Place of floweringGarden, Cut flowers, flower arrangement, Botanical Gardens, Horticultural species, Potted flower
Flowering seasonMay, June
Language of flowersLove

What is Leucanthemum × superbum

Leucanthemum ×superbum or Shasta daisy (scientific name: Leucanthemum ×superbum) is a horticultural, cold-hardy, evergreen perennial herb/hardy plant. It produces white tongue-shaped flowers (with a flutter around them) and yellow tubular flowers (in the center) from May to June. It is similar to Marguerite, but Shasta daisy has larger flowers and more shallowly lobed leaves.

Shasta daisy is a hybrid
Shasta daisy is a garden variety bred by crossing Hamagiku( N. nipponicum ) with France chrysanthemum (Leucanthemum vulgare) and other species, which was introduced by an American breeder in 1901. It is hardy and easy to grow because of its parentage of Hamagiku.

Origin of the flower name
The American breeder lived in California and named it after the local "Mt. Shasta".

Common name: Leucanthemum ×superbum, scientific name: Leucanthemum ×superbum, also known as Shasta daisy, Daisy, Leucanthemum, Origin: Horticultural cultivars, Height: dwarf 30 to tall 100 cm, Life form: evergreen perennial/host plant, Leaf color: dark green with gloss, Leaves: radicles and branchlets, Root leaf shape: spatulate, Branch leaf shape: elliptic, Branch leaf laminae: alternate, Flowering season: May to June, Flower diameter: 5 to 8 cm, Inflorescence shape: Head shape; Flower color: white (tongue-shaped flowers: outer florets) and yellow (tubular flowers: heaped flowers at the core); Uses: flower beds, cut flowers.