Publication: Prodr. 6: 46. 1838.

Origin:

Herbarium search: CPNWH

Notes: FNA19: "The name Shasta daisy of horticulture is associated also with Leucanthemum ×superbum (Bergmans ex J. Ingram) Bergmans ex D. H. Kent, which is generally thought to have been derived from hybrids between L. maximum and L. lacustre. Cultivars of "Shasta daisy" number in the dozens, including "single," "double," "quill," and "shaggy" forms; they may be encountered as waifs or persisting from abandoned plantings."

Stace (1997) says British reports of L. maximum were all misapplied to L. × superbum, a fertile hybrid abundant in British gardens

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