1.
Bellis perennis
Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 886. 1753.
English daisy, pâquerette commune
Rhizomes
short, erect, herbaceous.
Leaves:
petioles winged, equaling or longer than blades; blades 6—40 × 4—20 mm, bases ± attenuate, apices rounded.
Peduncles
lax, (3—)5—15(—20) cm.
Phyllaries:
margins ciliolate, particularly distally, apices obtuse.
Ray corollas
4—8(—11) mm.
Disc corollas
1.5 mm.
Cypselae
1—2 mm.
2
n
= 18.
Flowering spring—summer. Lawns and moist, waste places, roadsides; 0—500+ m; introduced; B.C., N.B., Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.), N.S., Ont., Que.; Alaska, Calif., Conn., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Mass., Mich., Minn., Mont., N.H., N.Y., N.C., N.Dak., Ohio, Oreg., Pa., R.I., Tenn., Utah, Vt., Va., Wash., W.Va., Wis.; Europe; Asia; Pacific Islands (Hawaii, New Zealand); introduced in South America.
There is an old report of
Bellis perennis
from St. Pierre and Miquelon; it is not established there. It might not have persisted in Alaska. The species is used in homeopathic medicine, as a tea and as a vitamin supplement. It is also a widely planted ornamental.
