Common name:
Oxeye daisy
Family:
Scientific name:
Leucanthemum vulgare
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Roadsides, dry grassland, waste ground
Flowers:
Solitary flowerheads of up to 35 white ray florets, up to 25 mm long, around a centre of numerous yellow disc florets. Phyllaries are in several overlapping rows; all are dark green, with purple margins, tightly appressed to the involucre, which is broadly disc-shaped, narrowing abruptly to the ridged, hairless stem
Leaves:
Basal leaves are oblanceolate, toothed, on long stalks, in a rosette, while stem leaves are narrower, clasping, oblong, and also toothed. Stems are generally purplish, square in cross-section, and hairy towards the base
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
