Global InformationRhodanthemum hosmariense information
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Rhodanthemum |
| Species: | R. hosmariense
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhodanthemum hosmariense (Ball) B.H.Wilcox, K.Bremer & Humphries
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Rhodanthemum hosmariense, the Moroccan daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It is a bushy, prostrate subshrub growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall and broad, with deeply divided silvery leaves and solitary, daisy-like, composite flower-heads in summer.[1][2]
It is suitable for cultivation in an alpine garden or alpine house, where it is useful as groundcover. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ "Hardy Plant Society - Plant of the Month". Hardy-plant.org.uk. Retrieved 2013-03-05.
- ^ "RHS Plant Selector Rhodanthemum hosmariense AGM / RHS Gardening". Apps.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-02-26.