Ox-eye daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Leucanthemum
Species:	L. vulgare
Binomial name
Leucanthemum vulgare
Synonyms
Bellis major Garsault nom. inval. Chamaemelum leucanthemum (L.) E.H.L.Krause Chrysanthemum dentatum Gilib. nom. inval. Chrysanthemum ircutianum Turcz. Chrysanthemum lanceolatum Pers. Chrysanthemum lanceolatum Vest Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. Chrysanthemum montanum Willd. nom. illeg. Chrysanthemum praecox (M.Bieb.) DC. Chrysanthemum pratense Salisb. Chrysanthemum sylvestre Willd. Chrysanthemum vulgare (Lam.) Gaterau Leucanthemum ageratifolium Pau Leucanthemum eliasii (Sennen & Pau) Sennen & Pau Leucanthemum lanceolatum DC. Leucanthemum leucanthemum (L.) Rydb. nom. illeg. Leucanthemum praecox (Horvatić) Villard Matricaria leucanthemum (L.) Desr. Matricaria leucanthemum (L.) Scop. Pontia heterophylla (Willd.) Bubani Pontia vulgaris Bubani Pyrethrum leucanthemum (L.) Franch. Tanacetum leucanthemum (L.) Sch.Bip.

Leucanthemum vulgare, the ox-eye daisy, or oxeye daisy, is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand. It is one of a number of family Asteraceae plants to be called a "daisy", and has the additional vernacular names common daisy, dog daisy and moon daisy.

L. vulgare is a typical grassland perennial wildflower, growing in a variety of plant communities including meadows and fields, under scrub and open-canopy forests, and in disturbed areas.

Leucanthemum is from the Ancient Greek (leukós, "white") and (ánthos, "flower"). In plant symbolism, the ox-eye daisy represents patience.

Leucanthemum vulgare is a perennial herb one to three feet high by 1 foot (0.30 m) wide. The stem is mostly unbranched and sprouts laterally from a creeping rhizomatous .

The leaves are dark green on both sides. The basal and middle leaves are petiolate, obovate to spoon-shaped, and serrate to dentate. The upper leaves are shorter, sessile, and borne along the stem.

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