Leucanthemum vulgare
| Leucanthemum vulgare White gowan | |
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| White Ox-ee daisy flouer | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Faimily: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Leucanthemum |
| Species: | L. vulgare |
| Binomial name | |
| Leucanthemum vulgare | |
Leucanthemum vulgare, the white gowan, (syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), is a widespread flouerin plant native tae Europe an the temperate regions o Asie an an introduced plant tae North Americae, Australie, an New Zealand. It is ane o a nummer o Asteraceae faimily plants tae be cried a "daisy", an haes the vernacular names: common daisy, dug daisy, muin daisy, an oxe-ee daisy.
Leucanthemum vulgare is a typical grassland perennial wildflouer, growin in a variety o plant commonties includin meadows an fields, unner scrub an open-canopy forests, an in disturbed auries.[1]
Leucanthemum is frae the Auncient Greek λευκός ("white") an ἄνθεμον ("flouer").
References
eedit- ↑ Cirrus.image – Leucanthemum vulgare. Accessed 4.8.2011