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Chrysanthemum arcticum L. trib. Anthemideae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesChrysanthemum arcticum L. trib. Anthemideae
BibliographySp. Pl. 1: 889 (1753)
Native Rangene. Europe to n. Japan, Alaska to w. Canada
Primary BiomeSubalpine or Subarctic
Habitatrocks
Altitude0-100m
Descriptionlower stem leaves oblong to obovate, 3-5cm, irregularly pinnatifid, segments oblong, obtusely dentate, petiolate, capitula solitary, 4-6cm across, involucre globular
Size5-30cm
Colorpinkish, white
Bloomautumn
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationrock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes
alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C
division in spring; basal cuttings in late spring
SynonymsArctanthemum arcticum (L.) Tzvelev
Chrysanthemum adustum Fisch. ex Herder
Chrysanthemum gmelinii Ledeb. ex Turcz.
Chrysanthemum sibiricum (DC.) Fisch. ex Kom.
Chrysanthemum sibiricum var. acutilobum (DC.) Kom.
Chrysanthemum sibiricum var. aristatomucronatum Y.Ling
Chrysanthemum zawadskyi ssp. acutilobum (DC.) Kitag
Chrysanthemum zawadskyi var. acutilobum (DC.) Sealy
Dendranthema arcticum (L.) Tzvelev
Leucanthemum arcticum (L.) DC.
Leucanthemum gmelinii (Sch.Bip.) Ledeb.
Leucanthemum sibiricum DC.
Leucanthemum sibiricum var. acutilobum DC.
Matricaria arctica (L.) Desr.
Pyrethrum arcticum (L.) Stankov
Pyrethrum sibiricum (DC.) Stankov
Tanacetum arcticum (L.) Sch.Bip.
Tanacetum gmelinii Sch.Bip.
Territory0 Circumpolar
1 Europe
     14 Eastern Europe (RUN North European Russia)
3 Asia-Temperate
     31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, KHA Khabarovsk, KUR Kuril Is., MAG Magadan, SAK Sakhalin)
     36 China (CHN China North-Central)
     38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan)
7 Northern America
     70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska)
     71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia)
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