Flora of North America species comparison

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Bellis perennis

English daisy, English lawn-daisy, lawn-daisy, pâquerette commune
Rhizomes

short, erect, herbaceous.
Leaves

petioles winged, equaling or longer than blades;

blades 6–40 × 4–20 mm, bases ± attenuate, apices rounded.
Peduncles

lax, (3–)5–15(–20) cm.
Ray corollas

4–8(–11) mm.
Disc corollas

1.5 mm.
Phyllaries

margins ciliolate, particularly distally, apices obtuse.
Cypselae

1–2 mm.
2n

= 18.

Bellis perennis
Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Lawns and moist, waste places, roadsides
Elevation 0–500+ m (0–1600+ ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CA; CT; ID; IL; IN; KY; MA; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; ND; NH; NY; OH; OR; PA; RI; TN; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; BC; NB; NF; NS; ON; QC; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand) [Introduced in North America; introduced in South America]
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Discussion

There is an old report of Bellis perennis from St. Pierre and Miquelon; it is not established there. It might not have persisted in Alaska. The species is used in homeopathic medicine, as a tea and as a vitamin supplement. It is also a widely planted ornamental.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 20, p. 23.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Astereae > Bellis
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 886. (1753)
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