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Oxeye Daisy- Leucanthemum vulagare

Plant: Slender erect perennial 20-90 cm tall, from spreading rootstock.

Leaves: Basal and alternate, 4 -15 cm long, coarsely toothed or lobed, smaller ans stalkless upwards.

Floweheads: White, 2.5-5 cm across;15-35 strap-like florets around a bright yellow, 1-2 cm button of tubular florets, with dry brown- edged bracts at the base; flowerheads single.

Blooms: May to Sept.

Fruits: 10-ribbed seed-like achenes

Habitat:: Open often disturbed sites.

Distribution: Eurasia; naturalized from Newfounland to Alaska to Texas.

Pick: Freely

Ontario Wilfflowers- 101 wayside flowers- Linda Kershaw.

Norwood Ontario Canada.