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*Leucanthemum vulgare Lamarck. Common name: Oxeye Daisy, White Daisy, Common Daisy, Marguerite. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Eurasia.

Origin/Endemic status: Eurasia

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl7, FNA19, Il, K4, Mi, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, Va, WH3, Arriagada & Miller (1997); = Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. — C, G, Oh3, RAB, SE1, W; = Leucanthemum leucanthemum (L.) Rydb. — S; > Chrysanthemum laucanthemum L. var. leucanthemum — F; > Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. var. pinnatifidum Lecoq & Lamotte — F, GrPl, Tat, WV; > Leucanthemum vulgare ssp. vulgare — POWO. Basionym: Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. 1778 [1779]

Links to other floras: = Leucanthemum vulgare - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
  • Great Plains: UPL
  • Midwest: UPL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: UPL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect-ascending, rhizomatous perennial found in fields, roadsides, pastures and other disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

Stems: Stems simple or forked near top, smooth or slightly hairy.

Leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, short-petiolate, spoon-shaped, 1 1/2-6 in. long (reduced and essentially sessile upward), irregularly lobed and toothed, smooth.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at top of stem, to 2 in. wide, consisting of 13-35 white ray florets with rounded to square tips encircling a flat, yellow disk of tiny, tubular florets.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect-ascending, rhizomatous perennial found in fields, roadsides, pastures and other disturbed areas. Native of Eurasia.

stems: Stems simple or forked near top, smooth or slightly hairy.

leaves: Leaves basal and alternate on the stem, short-petiolate, spoon-shaped, 1 1/2-6 in. long (reduced and essentially sessile upward), irregularly lobed and toothed, smooth.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) solitary at top of stem, to 2 in. wide, consisting of 13-35 white ray florets with rounded to square tips encircling a flat, yellow disk of tiny, tubular florets.

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native range: Europe & Asia



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