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daisy, any of several species of flowering

plants belonging to the aster family
(Asteraceae). The name daisy commonly
denotes the oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum
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vulgare), the Shasta daisy (L. ×superbum),
and the English, or true, daisy (Bellis
perennis). These and other plants called
daisies are distinguished by a composite Shasta daisies

flower head composed of 15 to 30 white ray

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flowers surrounding a centre consisting of
bright yellow disk flowers, though other Related Topics: Asteraceae • oxeye
colour combinations are common. daisy • Shasta daisy

The oxeye daisy is native to Europe and Asia See all related content →
but has become a common wild plant in the
United States and elsewhere. This perennial
grows to a height of about 60 cm (2 feet) and has oblong incised leaves and long
petioles (leafstalks). Its solitary flower heads are about 2.5 to 5 cm (1 to 2 inches)
 in diameter, and the ray flowers are white in colour. The cultivated Shasta daisy
resembles
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Members of the genus Bellis are
perennials that have solitary flower heads
borne on long stalks; the disk flowers are
yellow, the ray flowers white or purple.
The English daisy (B. perennis) is often 24/7
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its base that form a rosette. The plant has
leafless flower stalks and hairy bracts
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(leaflike structures) below the flower
heads. Some varieties of the English daisy
have double flowers; others may have English daisies
pink or red ray flowers surrounding the
bright yellow disk. Like the oxeye, the
English daisy is native to Europe but has become a common wild plant in much of
North America.
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globeflower, any of about 20 species of

Other daisies include the Gerbera daisy
perennial herbaceous plants constituting
(Gerbera jamesonii) of the floral
the genus Trollius of the buttercup family,
industry, marguerite daisy
Ranunculaceae, native mostly to North
(Argyranthemum frutescens), painted zoom_in
Temperate Zone wetlands.
lady daisy (Tanacetum coccineum), and zoom_in
pyrethrum daisy (Chrysanthemum
cinerariifolium) and various members of
European globeflower
the genera Chrysanthemum and
Erigeron. crown daisy See all media

Related Topics: Ranunculaceae •

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Trollius laxus albiflorus • European
globeflower • American spreading
This article was most recently revised and updated by Adam Augustyn.
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The common European globeflower (T. europaeus), up to 60 cm (about 2 feet)

tall, is often cultivated in moist gardens and along pond edges; most of its
horticultural varieties have yellow to orange ball-shaped flowers 2.5 to 5 cm (1 to 2
inches) across. Typically the dark green to bronzy leaves are three- to five-lobed,
or divided, like the fingers of a hand. The American spreading globeflower (T.
laxus), with greenish-yellow flowers, is native to the swamps of the eastern United
States; T. laxus albiflorus is a white-flowered variety found in the northwestern
United States.

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