E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia

Arctanthemum arcticum (L.) Tzvelev.
arctic daisy
Asteraceae (Aster family)

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Distribution of Arctanthemum arcticum
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC

Arctanthemum arcticum ssp. arcticum

Species Information

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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

General:
Perennial herb from a creeping rhizome or woody stem-base; stems erect, ascending or decumbent, solitary to several, simple, glabrous or sparsely woolly-hairy above, 6-40 cm tall.

Leaves:
Basal leaves palmately lobed or pinnately cut, wedge-shaped to rounded, 1.5-16 cm long, 0.4-4.5 cm wide, glaucous or green, glabrous or woolly-hairy when young, persistent at flowering time; stem leaves alternate, reduced upwards, only the uppermost entire.

Flowers:
Heads with ray and disk flowers, solitary with woolly-hairy bases; involucres 7-13 mm tall; involucral bracts oblong to lance-oblong, the centers greenish, the broad brown margins papery, glabrous or woolly-hairy; ray flowers white, 10-25 mm long; disk flowers yellow.

Fruits:
Achenes nearly cylindric, usually 10-ribbed; pappus lacking.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Wet to moist salt marshes and gravelly shores in the lowland zone; rare on the NW coast, known only from Larcom Island in Observatory Inlet; amphiberingian, N to AK, YT and NT and E to PQ; E Asia.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Status Information

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S2	Red	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer, the authoritative source for conservation information in British Columbia.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Chrysanthemum arcticum L.
Dendranthema arctica (Linnaeus) Tzvelev
Leucanthemum arcticum (L.) DC.

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
Flora North America treatment for Arctanthemum arcticum
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
International Plant Names Index
Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Range and Status Information Links

Burke Museum of Natural History (Washington State records)
CalFlora
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria records
Jepson Interchange
NatureServe Explorer

Additional Photo Sources

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UT Austin's Native Plant Database
Google Image Search
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General References

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Family References
General Botanical References for BC

Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2025-06-22 11:17:08 PM ]

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