Family: Asteraceae
Leucanthemum vulgare
Citation:
Lam., Fl. Franc. 2:137 (1779).
Synonymy: Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L., Sp. Pl. 888 (1753).
Common name: Oxeye daisy, dog daisy.
Description:
Perennial herb 30-90 cm high; stems ascending, sparsely branched, fibbed, sparsely strigose to glabrous; leaves cauline, oblanceolate to spathulate, amplexicaul at the base, obtuse, to 8 cm long, to 2 cm wide, decreasing in size up the stem, shallowly dentate or serrate, sparsely pubescent to glabrous.
Peduncles to 13 cm long, passing into the leafy stems, solitary or 2 or 3 forming a corymb, more or less erect; capitula 3-5 cm diam.; involucral bracts lanceolate, with narrow dark scarious margins, the longest series 5-7 mm long; ligules oblong-linear, entire or emarginate, 1-1.5 cm long; disk florets numerous, bright-yellow.
Achenes c. 2 mm long; pappus absent.
Published illustration:
Ross-Craig (1961) Drawings Brit. Pl. 16:t. 8.
Distribution:
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On roadsides and cleared land.
S.Aust.: SL. W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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