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
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 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
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chle80_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_389
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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 (Spencer, 1940).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Smith, 1998).
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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 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
320
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, pastures, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
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
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!
- All About Weeds (Spencer, 1940) p287
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p098
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p375
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p532
- Invasive Plants, Guide to Identification, Impacts and Control (Kaufman & Kaufman, 2007) p313
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p380
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p186
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p129
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p277
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p096
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p282
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p331
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p207
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