Bellis perennisL. Common Daisy

Bellis perennisL. - Common Daisy

Scientific Description:

Perennial, usually rosulate herb. Leaves spathulate, 2−30 × 0.5−1.5 cm, obtuse or broadly acute at apex, rather abruptly attenuate into winged petiolar base, entire or with up to 5 shallow teeth on each side near apex, sparsely pubescent on both surfaces. Capitula on l.5−10(−25) cm scapes. Involucre 0.5−1 cm broad; phyllaries ovate-lanceolate, 3−6 × 0.75−2.5 mm, obtuse or acute at apex. Ray flowers 30−50; ligules 5−7 mm, white and often pink beneath. Disc corollas 1.5−2 mm. Achenes rounded at apex, 1.3−1.5 × 0.7−0.8 mm, weakly pubescent.

Flowering time: March−August.

Habitat: Moist places, often in forests, s.l.−2000 m.

Reference:
Grierson AJC (1975). Bellis perennis L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 5: 135.

Public Description:

Bellis perennis, known as “common daisy”, “lawn daisy” or “English daisy”, is distributed in Europe and West Asia. It is a small perennial herb with white flower. It blooms between March and August and is found in moist places and forest. The upturned flower heads look like single flowers, but actually consist of a number of small packed individual florets; this arrangement is a type of inflorescence known as a “capitulum”. The word "Bellis", which is the genus name of the plant, "bellus", which means "pretty" in Latin, and the word "perennis", means "everlasting" in Latin. It is regarded as the flower of children and innocence.

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellis_perennis, Accessed date: 06.01.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/bellis-perennis-daisy/, Accessed date: 06.01.2016.

Ekim T (2012). Bellis L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 121.