painted daisy
• noun
A perennial flowering plant (Tanacetum coccineum) in the aster family, native to the Caucasus region and southwestern Asia, widely cultivated for its finely divided fern-like leaves and bright pink, red, or white daisy-like flower heads.
"The gardener planted a thick border of painted daisies to add a splash of vibrant pink and red to the summer landscape."
An annual flowering plant (Glebionis carinata), native to Northern Africa, featuring striking daisy-like blooms characterized by distinct, colorful concentric rings of yellow, white, and red.
"For a striking and fast-growing summer display, she sowed seeds of the annual painted daisy in the sunny patches of her courtyard."
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The term most commonly refers to the perennial 'Tanacetum coccineum', which is also cultivated commercially as a source of the natural insecticide pyrethrin, though it is sometimes applied to the annual species 'Glebionis carinata'.
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