Blooms: March - September
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: Introduced throughout the United States; chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon
Habitat: Lawns and cultivated areas, usually where moist
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Introduced
Distribution: Introduced throughout the United States; chiefly west of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon
Habitat: Lawns and cultivated areas, usually where moist
Species Description:
General: Perennial with fibrous roots and spreading hairs, the naked flowering stalks 5-20 cm. high.
Leaves: All basal, the blade elliptic or obovate to orbicular, dentate with small teeth, up to 4 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, narrowed to a petiole about the same length.
Flowers: Heads solitary, radiate, the disk 5-10 mm. wide, yellow; rays numerous, pistillate, white to pink, about 1 cm. long; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes compressed, 2 nerved.
General: Perennial with fibrous roots and spreading hairs, the naked flowering stalks 5-20 cm. high.
Leaves: All basal, the blade elliptic or obovate to orbicular, dentate with small teeth, up to 4 cm. long and 2 cm. wide, narrowed to a petiole about the same length.
Flowers: Heads solitary, radiate, the disk 5-10 mm. wide, yellow; rays numerous, pistillate, white to pink, about 1 cm. long; pappus none.
Fruits: Achenes compressed, 2 nerved.
Accepted Name:
Bellis perennis L.Synonyms:
(none)
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Bellis perennis
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Bellis perennis specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Bellis perennis specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Bellis perennis treatment.
E-Flora BC: Bellis perennis atlas page.
CalPhotos: Bellis perennis images.
USDA Plants Database: Bellis perennis.
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Ben Legler, 2004
Dana Visalli
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
Bud Kovalchik
G. D. Carr, 2006
G. D. Carr, 2007
G. D. Carr, 2006
Paul Slichter, 2009
Paul Slichter, 2009
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
Douglas Houck, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
G. D. Carr, 2012
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