Oxeye Daisy
Description:
The common white-and-yellow
field daisy, with 1 flower head on each slender, erect stem.
Flowers:
Head 1-2"
wide; rays white, all female; disk flowers yellow, both male and female;
disk depressed at center..
Dark
Green, coarsely toothed or pinnately lobed; basal ones to 3" long
Fruit:
Height:
1-3'.
Flowering:
June-August.
Habitat:
Waste places,
meadows, pastures, and roadsides.
Comments:
An extremely
common, even weed-like species, Oxeye Daisy was originally introduced to
North America from Europe. This species- the "day's eye" produce
an unwanted flavor in milk if eaten by cattle.