Mexican Daisy Bush
Montanoa bipinnatifida
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- December-April
How to identify Mexican Daisy Bush
Identify Mexican Daisy Bush by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Asteraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mexican Daisy Bush.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Montanoa bipinnatifida
- Genus
- Montanoa
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Mexico
- Distribution
- Introduced elsewhere in tropics
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-April
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mexican Daisy Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Head
- Fruit
- Achene
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mexican Daisy Bush itself; the rest are typical of the Asteraceae family — flowering plants only.
About Mexican Daisy Bush
A member of the Asteraceae family, Mexican Daisy Bush (Montanoa bipinnatifida) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. Flowering and fruiting run from December to April.
Asteraceae
Daisy/Sunflower family
Mexican Daisy Bush belongs to the Asteraceae family.
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