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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Oxeye Daisy

Oxeye Daisy

Bloom Season: June - August

Habitat: It thrives in habitats like mountain meadows, native grasslands, pastures, waste areas, and along roadsides. Because it is an aggressive, noxious weed in Colorado, it displaces native plants in these environments

Photography Notes: Photographer-friendly

Credits: Hiking Bob, 4 July

Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (French: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names,[2] is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Australia and New Zealand.

L. vulgare is a perennial herb that grows to a height of 80 centimetres (31 inches)[3] and has a creeping underground rhizome. The lower parts of the stem are hairy, sometimes densely hairy but more or less glabrous in the lower parts. The largest leaves are at the base of the plant and are 4–15 cm (1+12–6 in) long, about 5 cm (2 in) wide and have a petiole. These leaves have up to 15 teeth, or lobes or both on the edges. The leaves decrease in size up the stem, the upper leaves up to 7.5 cm (3 in) long, lack a petiole and are deeply toothed.[2][4][5][6][7]


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Oxeye Daisy (non-native)(noxious) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.