Arctanthemum integrifolium

Arctanthemum integrifolium
Quttinirpaaq National Park, Nunavut
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Genus: Arctanthemum
Binomial name
Arctanthemum integrifolium
(Richardson) Tzvelev 1985
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysanthemum integrifolium Richardson 1823
  • Dendranthema integrifolium (Richardson) Tzvelev
  • Hulteniella integrifolia (Richardson) Tzvelev
  • Leucanthemum integrifolium (Richardson) DC.

Arctanthemum integrifolium, the entireleaf daisy,[2] is an Arctic species of plants in the sunflower family. It grows in Alaska, northern Canada, Peary Land in northern Greenland, and the East Chukotka region in eastern Russia.[3][4][5]

Arctanthemum integrifolium is a perennial herb rarely more than 12 cm (4.7 in) tall, with a woody underground caudex and a basal rosette of leaves. Each plant usually produces only one flower head, containing 11–19 white ray flowers surrounding 60–80 yellow disc flowers.[6]

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