Leucanthemum vulgare
Lam. Oxeye DaisyErect perennial 30–90 cm high; stems usually sparsely branched above rhizome, strigose below, glabrescent above. Leaves sessile, oblanceolate, obovate to spathulate in outline, mostly 2–8 cm long, 10–20 mm wide, obtuse, base amplexicaul, margins irregularly toothed to shallowly 1- or 2-pinnatifid, to almost entire on upper leaves. Capitula 1–3, 3–5 cm diam.; peduncles 3–13 cm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, 3–8 mm long. Ray florets 15–30, white; disc florets numerous, bright yellow. Cypselas slightly dimorphic, 1.5–2.5 mm long; ray cypselas sometimes compressed, c. 10-ribbed with extended lateral ribs; pappus an irregular corona; disc cypselas regularly 10-ribbed, lacking a pappus. Flowers mostly Oct.–Mar
GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, HFE, VAlp. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW, Tas., New Zealand. Native to Europe. A garden ornamental that occasionally persists and spreads in moister, cooler habitats, particularly along roadsides and in grazed bushland.
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Asteraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 652–666. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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