English Daisy
Bellis perennis L.
Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲▼ mature, flowering plants
▲▼ flowers
Bellis perennis
L., English Daisy:
(Bayer
Code:
BELPE; US Code BEPE2)
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Simple perennial with compressed stems and oval, hairy leaves, native to
Europe in the Sunflower/Aster Family (Asteraceae)
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Leaves stay in rosette formation, with oval leaf blades with smooth or
scalloped margins; leaf blades taper down at base to join stem
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Produces head-type, daisy-like flowers atop a short to elongated, naked
flower stem
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Flowers usually have a flattened center of yellow disk of disk flowers,
surrounded by numerous slender ray flowers (typical daisy appearance) that
are usually white, but may be pink or red; flowers 0.5-1.5 inches diameter
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Prefers moist, fertile, cool, soils; tolerates moderate shade in southern
areas
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Flowers can form under normal lawn-mowing height
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Reproduces by offsets from parent plant and by seed
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Similar weeds with white daisy flowers with yellow centers:
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Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum
vulgare) has taller stems with leaves on them and more common on drier
soils in full-sun locations
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Mayweed chamomile
(Anthemis cotula) has flowers at
tips of leafy stems, and leaves are very finely-divided and have a strong,
bad odor
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False chamomile
(Tripleurosperma maritima) also
has flowers at tips of leafy stems with finely-divided leaves, but plants
have little to no odor
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More common in Northeast and Northwestern U.S., but can be found in old
landscapes, shaded sites in Missouri