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§1 Plant

Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.

vernacular oxeye daisy — species · Asteraceae

USDA
LEVU
GBIF
8848598
Rank
species
oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Platephotograph · Andreas RocksteinCC BY-SA source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Leucanthemum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Introduced
  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b

County-level range

· 1,401 counties across 49 states/territories
Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 1401 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
130 min.
Precipitation
30–50 in/yr
pH range
5.2–7
Root depth
8 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Bunch
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
1.3 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
Slight
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
200,000
Propagation
seed
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Low
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,401 counties across 49 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 12 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 I ▾
California view state ↗ 22 I ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 I ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Florida view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 15 I ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 23 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 I ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 68 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 48 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 85 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 I ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 77 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 32 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 95 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 29 I ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 I ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 84 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 69 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 28 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 I ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 55 I ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 11 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 37 I ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 49 I ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 17 I ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 14 I ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LEVU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/8848598 ↗

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