OXEYE DAISY

Chrysanthemum leucanthemum - Daisy

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Neither do they toil nor spin.


DESCRIPTION:
The plant everyone knows as the Daisy of the fields, with solitary white and yellow flower head on slender, erect stems. 1 - 2" across, the ray flowers are white, all of which are female and the disk flowers are yellow with both male and female. The disk is slightly sunken.

FLOWERS:
April to July

HABITAT:
Old fields, waste places, meadow and roadsides.

 

OTHER INFORMATION:
Originally introduced from Europe, this plant has become thoroughly naturalized and abundant in North America.

More information about composite flowers can be found by the Bushy Aster.


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