Hello readers, and today we are going to look at the daisy. Important information will be in italics.

Daisy, any of several species of flowering plants, belonging to the aster family (Asteraceae). The name daisy commonly denotes the oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) the Shatsa daisy (L.x superbum) and the English, or true, daisy (Bellis perennis).

These and other plants called daisies are distinguished by a composite flower head composed of 15 to 30 white ray flowers, surrounding a centre consisting of bright yellow disk flowers, though other combinations are common. The oxeye daisy is native to Europe and Asia but has become a wild plant in the United States and elsewhere, the perennial grows to a height of about 60cm (2 feet) and it has oblong incised leaves and kong petioles (leafstalks). Solitary flower heads are about 2.5 to 5cm (1 to 2 inches) in diameter and the ray flowers are white in colour. The cultivated Shatsa daisy resembles the oxeye daisy but has larger flower heads that may reach a diameter of 10cm (4 inches).

Members of the genus Bellis are perennials that have solitary flower heads born on long stalks; the disk flowers are yellow, the ray flowers white or purple. The English daisy (B. perennis) is often used as a bedding plant, it has numerous spoon-shaped slightly hairy leaves near its base that form a rosette and the plant has leafless flower stalks and hairy bracts (leaflike structures) below the flower heads.

Some varieties of the English daisy have double flowers; others may have pink or red ray flowers surrounding the right yellow disk. Like the oxeye, the English daisy is native to Europe but has become a common wild plant in much of North America.

Other daisies include the Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) of the floral industry, the marguerite daisy (Argyranthemum frutescens), the painted lady daisy (Tanacetum coccineum), the pyrethrum daisy (Chrysanthemum cineraiifolium) and various members of the genera Chrysanthemum and Erigeron.

By botanist Lotus