Ismelia

Ismelia carinata, the tricolour chrysanthemum,^[2] tricolor daisy,^[3] or annual chrysanthemum, is an ornamental plant native to north Africa that is cultivated as a garden plant and grows as a weed in California.^[4] It is the sole species in the genus Ismelia. It has been hybridized with related Argyranthemum species to create cultivars of garden marguerites.^[5]

Ismelia
1800 illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Anthemideae
Genus:	Ismelia Cass.
Species:	I. carinata
Binomial name
Ismelia carinata (Schousb.) Sch.Bip.
Synonyms[1]
Chrysanthemum assakae Caball. Chrysanthemum carinatum Schousb. 1800 Glebionis carinata (Schousb.) Tzvelev Ismelia versicolor Cass.