Rhodanthemum hosmariense

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]

Rhodanthemum hosmariense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Rhodanthemum
Species:	R. hosmariense
Binomial name
Rhodanthemum hosmariense (Ball) B.H.Wilcox, K.Bremer & Humphries

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]

Taxonomy

This is one of a group of plants which have been intensively studied, with considerable debate as to their correct parentage. As a result, an unusually large number of synonyms exists, including the following:-^[3]

Chrysanthemopsis hosmariense Chrysanthemum hosmariense Chrysanthemum maresii Chrysanthemum maresii var. hosmariense

Leucanthemopsis hosmariensis Leucanthemum hosmariense Pyrethropsis hosmariense Pyrethropsis maresii var. hosmariense