Ismelia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Ismelia carinata.jpg

|image_caption = 1800 illustration

|display_parents = 3

|genus = Ismelia

|parent_authority = Cass.

|species = carinata

|authority =(Schousb.) Sch.Bip.

|synonyms =

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• Chrysanthemum assakae Caball.
• Chrysanthemum carinatum Schousb. 1800
• Glebionis carinata (Schousb.) Tzvelev
• Ismelia versicolor Cass.

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|synonyms_ref = {{cite web

|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-128854

|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species

|access-date=30 July 2014}}

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Ismelia carinata, the tricolour chrysanthemum,{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 |df=dmy-all}} tricolor daisy,{{PLANTS|id=GLCA5|taxon=Glebionis carinatum|accessdate=22 January 2016}} or annual chrysanthemum, is an ornamental plant native to north Africa that is cultivated as a garden plant and grows as a weed in California.{{citation |chapter-url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250067006 |title=Flora of North America |chapter=Ismelia |mode=cs1 |author=John L. Strother |access-date=30 July 2014}} It is the sole species in the genus Ismelia. It has been hybridized with related Argyranthemum species to create cultivars of garden marguerites.{{Citation |mode=cs1 |last1=Flores |first1=Anita |last2=Shaw |first2=Julian |last3=Watson |first3=John |date=2018 |title=Unpicking a daisy chain |journal=The Plantsman |series=New Series |volume=17 |issue=4 |pages=238–243 |name-list-style=amp }}