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Oxeye Daisy

Flowering Plants

A perennial herb native to Europe and temperate parts of Asia including Turkey and Georgia, now naturalized in North America, Australia and New Zealand and classed as invasive in more than forty countries. It grows to about 80 centimeters from a creeping underground rhizome, with hairy lower stems and basal leaves four to fifteen centimeters long, and bears up to three daisy-like flower heads two to 7.5 centimeters wide, each with fifteen to forty white ray florets around a yellow disc, blooming from May to October. It grows in meadows, fields, scrubland and open forest, favoring temperate areas with over 750 millimeters of annual rainfall and heavy, damp soil, and often colonizes degraded pasture and roadsides.

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Classification

Diet

Photosynthetic Autotroph 1

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 2

Relationship to People

Invasive or Introduced Species 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

GNR Unranked 3

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 4

Scientific Name

Leucanthemum vulgare 5

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated 6

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Source Wikidata: Oxeye Daisy

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Source Leucanthemum vulgare (Wikipedia)

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Sources

1. Leucanthemum vulgare (Wikipedia)

lead sentence (diet), EntityId 344458
Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog daisy, marguerite (French: Marguerite commune, "common marguerite") and other common names, is a widespread flowering plant native to Europe and the temperate regions of Asia, and an introduced plant to North America, Austral
article text (relationship to people), EntityId 344458
The species is widely naturalised in many parts of the world, including North America, and is considered to be an invasive species in more than forty countries.
In Biome: Grassland, Distribution and habitat
It is a typical grassland perennial wildflower, growing in a variety of plant communities including meadows and fields, under scrub and open-canopy forests, and in disturbed areas.

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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)

World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)View the Source

3. NatureServe Explorer: Leucanthemum vulgare

NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)

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"roundedGRank": "GNR"

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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asterales

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12418

"cites_listing":"I/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Asterales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]

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5. Wikipedia: Leucanthemum vulgare

WikipediaWikidata Q27164 (P225 taxon name)View the Source

6. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Leucanthemum vulgare

GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 8848598, category field

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"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Asteraceae

UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12520

"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"

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Wikidata: Oxeye Daisy

Child Taxon Of: Asteraceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source

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