Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Leucanthemum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Oxeye Daisy at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucanthemum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-82-001:
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucanthemum leucanthemum
COMMON NAME:
Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chle80_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm210309_8919
March Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn04_l_leaves
April
Any daisylike flower abundant in any meadow is almost sure to be Ox-eye, per All About Weeds.
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Gill Newberry gn04_leucanthemum_head
April
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JK Marlow jkm210408_9359
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Gill Newberry gn05_c_leucanthemum
May
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Gill Newberry gn05_c_oxeye_daisy
May
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JK Marlow jkm0405z_11
May Greenville County SC
Field
A flat, bright yellow disk and 15-30 white rays, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm150509_987
May Dawson County GA
Dawson Forest WMA
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Tim Spira tps_cleucanthemum2
May
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JK Marlow jkm140621_135
June Oconee County SC
Foothills Trail
Involucral bracts often w a dark line inside the hyaline [translucent] margin, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm210603_1026
June Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_l_vulgare_oxeye_daisy
June
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JK Marlow jkm060710_093
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
Leaves narrowly oblanceolate in outline, coarsely and irregularly lobed, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_leucanthemum_vulgare
October
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JK Marlow jkm181119_5988
November McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
Basal leaf petioles 10-30(-120)mm, expanding into obovate to spatulate blades, per Flora of North America.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Leucanthemum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucanthemum vulgare
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-82-001:
Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Leucanthemum leucanthemum
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Forb
Perennial
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
Look for it in fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
- Brooklyn Botanic Garden
- Georgia Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2006
- Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2013
- Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2009
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About Weeds p287
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p098
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p375
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control p313
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p380
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p025
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p186
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p129
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p205
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p277
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p282
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p331
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p207