Bellis perennis

English: Daisy - Common Daisy - Lawn Daisy - English Daisy
Nederlands: Madeliefje
Español: Margarita común - Chiribita - Pascueta - Vellorita - Bellorita
Français: Pâquerette vivace
Deutsch: Gänseblümchen - Maßliebchen - Tausendschön - Monatsröser

Family: Asteraceae - Daisy family
Flowering time: January-December
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: to 2500m
Colour: yellow disk and numerous narrow white rays
Leaves: leaves in a dense basal rosette, bright-green, oblong to spoon-shaped, toothed or untoothed
Habitat: grassy habitats, cultivated areas, on a wide variety of soils
Distribution: throughout Europe






Notes: Common Daisy has solitary flowerheads (15-30mm) on slender stalks. The rays are often tipped with red or flushed with purplish-red underneath. In some countries, the Netherlands for example, Bellis perennis flowers throughout the year as long as the temperatures don´t drop below zero.

Related key words: Rotterdam Kralingse Bos, Rottemeren, Landgoed Elswout Overveen, insect, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor