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Leucanthemum vulgare
Oxeyedaisy
Ox-eye Daisy
Marguerite Blanche
Not native to Florida
A rare introduced wildflower of disturbed sites, roadsides and open hammocks in several Florida panhandle counties. Native to Europe, oxeye daisy can be now found in Mexico and every US state and Canadian province plus the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada.
These daisies have a single large flower at the top of each stem which may be up to 76cm (30 in.) tall. The flowers have a yellow disk and from 13 to 34 white rays each usually 12-20mm (1/2 to 3/4 in.) long, but sometimes much longer. The stems, leaves and involucres are glabrous to glabrate. The stem leaves are alternate, variable and mostly coarsely toothed. Basal leaves are petiolate, expanding into obovate or spatulate blades, typically with 3-7 lobes.
Several pf the photos show a longhorned beetle - Lepturobosca chrysocoma on the flower. This is a beetle of western and northern North America. For more information, visit bugguide.net.
Leucanthemum vulgare is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Feb 25, 2020
