Felicia amelloides (Asteraceae family), also known as blue marguerite, is cultivated as a potted plant in Italy and increasingly used for ornamental purposes. In winter 2002, plants grown outdoors in 14-cm-diameter pots (2 liters) in commercial farms near Albenga (northern Italy) showed leaf
Three ornamental species, Osteospermum sp. (L.), Felicia amelloides (L.) Voss, and Ranunculus asiaticus L., cultivated in greenhouses on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, showed sudden wilt and death during October 2002. These species are new ornamentals in Argentina. The diseased plants were