Ox-eye Daisy
Ox-eye Daisy
Wildflower
Britain's largest native daisy — a classic 'moon daisy' of hay meadows and verges, with a golden eye ringed by bright white petals.
💡 Fun Facts
- It is Britain's biggest native daisy — like a giant version of the little daisies in a lawn.
- Each 'flower' is really hundreds of tiny flowers: golden ones in the middle and white 'petals' around the edge.
- It is sometimes called the moon daisy because the white flowers seem to glow at dusk.
📅 Through the Year
- Flowering:May to September
- Fruiting:July to September
Name Story
Leucanthemum vulgare
means “The common white flower”
What does its name mean?
- Leucanthemum — white flowerGreek
- vulgare — common, ordinaryLatinDecode this word →
A big, cheerful white daisy with a sunny yellow eye, nodding in summer meadows — its Greek name says exactly what it is: 'white flower'.