Scientific Name:	Leucanthemum vulgare
Pronunciation:	loo-KAN-thuh-mum vul-GAIR-ee
Common Name:	ox-eye daisy
Family Name:	Asteraceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant, Weed (horticultural)
Key ID Features:	Herbaceous perennial. Fluted stems with reddish lines. Narrow leaves with sparsely serrate margins and a whitish surface are in alternate clusters. White ray florets have slight lobes in the ends of the petals. Bright yellow disc florets.
Course(s):	not used (on campus)

Habit: Upright Form: Irregular Texture: Mature Size: Height: 0.4 - 0.7m Spread: 0.3 - 0.6m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Additional Info: Google Images

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate, Basal Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Colour in Summer: Dark-green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Obovate Apices: Obtuse Bases: Decurrent Margins: Serrate Additional Info: spoon-shaped leaves to 10 cm long

Inflorescence Type: Head (capitulum) Flower Morphology: Corolla Shape: Ligulate Colour (petals): White Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul

Fruit Type: Achene Fruit Colour: Fruiting Time:

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed

Location(s): (WDY) WeeDY location Location Map

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