OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucanthemum vulgare   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucanthemum vulgare   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Leucanthemum vulgare

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.

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_chle80_001_lvd

        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_389

        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8919

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Gill Newberry    gn04_l_leaves

April        

Any daisylike flower abundant in any meadow is almost sure to be Ox-eye, per All About Weeds (Spencer, 1940).

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Gill Newberry    gn04_leucanthemum_head

April        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

JK Marlow    jkm210408_9359

April    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Gill Newberry    gn05_c_leucanthemum

May        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Gill Newberry    gn05_c_oxeye_daisy

May        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

JK Marlow    jkm150509_987

May    Dawson County    GA

Dawson Forest WMA

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Tim Spira    tps_cleucanthemum2

May        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

JK Marlow    jkm210603_1026

June    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_l_vulgare_oxeye_daisy

June        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_leucanthemum_vulgare

October        

image of Leucanthemum vulgare, Oxeye Daisy, Common Daisy

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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Leucanthemum vulgare   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Leucanthemum vulgare   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Leucanthemum vulgare

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

320

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

map
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)


INVASIVE

This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomes short

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!



 


Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME: