oxeye daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

• It has long, zigzag-edged leaves
   
• White flowers with a yellow, moon-shaped centre
   
• It looks like a very large daisy!

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oxeye daisy fact sheet
 

Where found

Grassland, hedgerows, meadows and roadsides.
 

When to look for

• First flowers May-June
  

Fabulous oxeye daisy facts

• In Wales during the Middle Ages, oxeye daisies were used to treat madness, smallpox and tumours
  
  
• The oxeye daisy was also known as Marguerite after the French princess who adopted it as her official emblem
  
  
• Early Christians dedicated the oxeye daisy to Mary Magdalen, when it became known as the Maudlin Daisy
  
  
• Despite having a bitter taste, young leaves of the ox-eye daisy are eaten in salads in parts of Italy

   

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