Crown Daisy is a leafy herb, being one of the few
annual plants in its genus. It has yellow ray florets grouped in small
flower heads and aromatic, bipinnately lobed leaves. Leaf blades oblong
to obovate, mostly 30-55 x 15-30 mm, mostly 2-3-pinnately lobed,
ultimate margins toothed. Ray flowers are pale yellow, sometimes
white-tipped, blade oblong to linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. Ray cypselae
triquetrous, 2.5-3 mm, angles winged, faces obscurely nerved or ribbed.
Disc florets are 2.5-3 mm, obscurely ribbed, sometimes with upper
(rarely the lower) rib winged. Crown Daisy is cultivated in north India
in winters and spring. It is native to the Mediterranean region.
Identification credit: Tabish
Photographed in Jamia Millai Islamia, Delhi
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