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Daisy

Daisy

Bellis perennis

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How common: Common

Alien species

Daisy is a small, long-lived plant that forms low tufts in short grass. Its familiar flower heads have a yellow center and a ring of white to pink “petals”. It is common in lawns, parks, paths and meadows, and often grown in gardens. In mild climates it can flower for a long season.

Did you know?

  • Tolerates mowing and often keeps blooming in closely cut lawns.
  • In mild weather it can flower almost year-round.

About the species

Identification

Low, clump-forming plant 5–20 cm tall. Leaves make a ground-level rosette, spoon-shaped with smooth or slightly toothed edges, softly hairy. Flower stalks are leafless and hairy, each with a single head 1.5–3.5 cm across: a yellow center with a ring of white to pink or red petal-like parts; some garden forms have all “petals”. Fruits are small, flat, hard seeds. Unlike oxeye daisy, this species is short, has no leaves on the stalk, and has much smaller heads. Flowers in Finland through summer and into late autumn.

Plant group

Herbaceous plants

Habitat

meadow, yards and roadsides

Flowering

Jun–Oct

About the habitat

Open, sunny to lightly shaded places with short grass: lawns, yards, roadsides, field edges, waste ground and meadows; thrives in trampled or mown ground and tolerates compacted soil. Mainly in southern and southwestern Finland.

Sources

Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellis perennis 001.JPG

Text: Pinkka: Laaja maatalouslajintuntemus 4 op - Koppisiemeniset, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39735

Text: Pinkka: IPS-177 Fennoscandian flora - Acer-Butomus, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39735

Text: Pinkka: Kasvien talvi - Talvivihreät luonnonkasvit, CC BY 4.0 https://laji.fi/taxon/MX.39735

Text: Wikipedia (Finnish), CC BY-SA 4.0 https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunokainen

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