Scientific Name:
Pericallis
x
hybrida
Pronunciation:
pair-ih-KAL-iss ex HYE-brid-ah
Common Name:
cineraria , Senetti daisy
Family Name:
Asteraceae
Plant Type:
Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant
Key ID Features:
Basal leaves orbicular and palmately lobed; flower ray florets of most cultivars with white band towards center of head plus various colours on the outer part of each ray corolla.
Habit:
Upright
Form:
Mounded
Texture:
Medium - coarse
Mature Height:
0.4 - 0.7m
Mature Spread:
0.1 - 0.3m
Growth Rate:
Fast
Origin:
Africa, Garden origin (P. cruenta x P. lanata - both Canary Islands.)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Well-drained
Water Use:
High
Landscape Uses:
Bedding plant, Indoor plant
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple, Lobed
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation
Surfaces:
Tomentose
Shapes:
Deltoid, Orbicular
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Cordate
Margins:
Dentate, Pinnately lobed
Course(s):
- HORT 1193/1293
Location(s):
- (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : ISH entrance wall
- (BED) BEDding, container, or basket
- (GNH) GreeNHouse