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Lawn daisy
Lawn daisy
Bellis perennis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Tiny
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A low-growing meadow flower with a yellow disc framed by white ray florets that close at night and reopen each morning. Its English name comes from "day's eye" — a reference to that daily ritual of opening with the sun.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Bellis
Species
Bellis perennis