Notice

Colin Mills, compiler of the Hortus Camdenensis, died in late November 2012 after a short illness. As he always considered the Hortus his legacy, it is his family's intention to keep the site running in perpetuity. It will not, however, be updated in the near future.

Asteraceae

A widely distributed family of some 1100 genera and 25000 species of annuals, perennials, shrubs and a few climbers.  Several species are of considerable economic importance in horticulture and agriculture.  [FNSW].  Represented in the Hortus by several genera of ornamental plants.

Plants in this Family

  1. Zinnia elegans Jacq.
  2. Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. monstrosum
  3. Xerochrysum bracteatum (Vent.) Tzvelev. var. album grandiflorum
  4. Ursinia dentata (L.) Poir.
  5. Tagetes patula L.
  6. Tagetes coccinea [catalogue error]
  7. Syncarpha vestita (L.) B.Nord.
  8. Solidago sempervirens L.
  9. Senecio cineraria DC.
  10. Rhodanthe manglesii Lindl.
  11. Phaenocoma prolifera D.Don
  12. Pericallis x hybrida R.Nordenstram
  13. Olearia argyrophylla (Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth.
  14. Mutisia grandiflora Humb. & Bonpl.
  15. Helipterum gnaphaloides DC.
  16. Helichrysum species unidentified, pink flowers
  17. Helichrysum species unidentified
  18. Helichrysum sesamoides Willd.
  19. Helichrysum robustum Paxt. var. roseum
  20. Helichrysum macranthum Benth. var. roseum
  21. Helichrysum humile Less. var. grandiflorum purpurea
  22. Helichrysum humile Less.
  23. Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn.
  24. Gazania pavonia R.Br.
  25. Gaillardia pulchella Foug. var. picta (D.Don) Voss
  26. Gaillardia pulchella Foug.
  27. Gaillardia aristata Pursh.
  28. Eupatorium sordidum Less.
  29. Erigeron speciosus DC.
  30. Dracopis amplexicaulis (Vahl) Cass.
  31. Doronicum caucasicum M.Bieb.
  32. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Tasselled Yellow’
  33. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Tasselled White’
  34. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Tasselled Lilac’
  35. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Superb Clustered Yellow’
  36. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Semi-double Quilled Orange’
  37. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Quilled White’
  38. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Quilled Salmon’
  39. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Quilled Pink’
  40. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Pink’
  41. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Parviflora’
  42. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Pale Yellow’
  43. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Pale Pink’
  44. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Pale Indian Yellow’
  45. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Old Yellow’
  46. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Old White’
  47. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Light Purple Expanded’
  48. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Golden Yellow’
  49. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Double Indian White’
  50. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Curled Lilac’
  51. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Changeable Pale Buff’
  52. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Buff’
  53. Dendranthema x grandiflorum ‘Blush Ranunculus’
  54. Dendranthema x grandiflorum Kitam.
  55. Dahlia ‘Zebra’
  56. Dahlia ‘Triomphe de Roubain’
  57. Dahlia ‘Talisman’
  58. Dahlia ‘Sir F. Bathurst’
  59. Dahlia ‘Rosea Elegans’
  60. Dahlia ‘Robert Bruce’
  61. Dahlia ‘Ringleader’
  62. Dahlia ‘Red Perfection’
  63. Dahlia ‘Quilled Perfection’
  64. Dahlia ‘Queen Victoria’
  65. Dahlia ‘Prince of Orange’
  66. Dahlia ‘Primrose Perfection’
  67. Dahlia ‘Miss Frampton’
  68. Dahlia ‘Metropolitan Purple’
  69. Dahlia ‘Mary of Little Park’
  70. Dahlia ‘Marquis of Abercorn’
  71. Dahlia ‘Lilac King’
  72. Dahlia ‘Lady Fletcher’
  73. Dahlia ‘Glaucus’
  74. Dahlia ‘Exquisite’
  75. Dahlia ‘Elizabeth’
  76. Dahlia ‘Duke of Wellington’
  77. Dahlia ‘Countess of Harrington’
  78. Dahlia ‘Corialanus’
  79. Dahlia ‘Claudia’
  80. Dahlia ‘British Queen’
  81. Dahlia ‘Beauty of the Grove’
  82. Dahlia ‘Beauty of Slough’
  83. Dahlia ‘Beauty of Perry Hill’
  84. Dahlia ‘Beauty of Bedford’
  85. Dahlia pinnata Cav.
  86. Dahlia Keyne’s ‘Nancy’
  87. Dahlia Dodd’s ‘Mary’
  88. Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt.
  89. Coreopsis lanceolata L.
  90. Chrysanthemum parthenium (L.) Pers. var. flore pleno
  91. Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
  92. Centaurea cyanus L.
  93. Centaurea americana Nutt.
  94. Carthamus campestris unidentified
  95. Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees
  96. Calendula stellata Cav.
  97. Bellis perennis L. var. flore pleno
  98. Bellis perennis L.
  99. Artemisia abrotanum L.
  100. Amberboa moschata (L.) DC.
  101. Ageratum houstonianum Mill. var. caeruleum
  102. Achillea species unidentified
  103. Achillea sibirica Ledeb. subsp. mongolica (Fisch. ex Spreng.) Heimerl
  104. Achillea millefolium L.