Above: Ox-eye Daisy around retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin. (6/02/19).
Ox-eye Daisy - Leucanthemum vulgare
Ox-eye Daisies are in the Asteraceae family. It was brought over from Europe in the 1800s and escaped into the wild. It is an aggressive, invasive breeder, often seen along roadsides, trail edges, in old fields and other disturbed soils.
Flowers have 15 to 35 white petals (ray flowers) and a golden yellow button shaped center disk, up to 3/4" inch across.
Other names include: Marguerite, field daisy, white daisy, moon daisy, moon-penny and dog daisy. Formerly known as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum.
Above: Ox-eye Daisy on bank of retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 2, 2019.
For more information on the Ox-eye Daisy, visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Common Daisy.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin Master Gardener website page on Ox-eye Daisy.
Ox-eye Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Above: Ox-eye Daisies near Pasque Flower Hill in Madison, Wisconsin on May 26, 2021.
Above: Ox-eye Daisies on bank of retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 6, 2019.
Above: Ox-eye Daisies on bank of retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 15, 2019.
Above: Ox-eye Daisies on bank retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 17, 2019.
Above: Daisies on bank retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 20, 2019.
Above: Ox-eye Daisies on bank retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 26, 2019.
Above: Ox-eye Daisies on bank retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on June 29, 2019.
Above: Ox-eye Daisies on bank retaining pond at the corner of Manitou Way and Nakoma Road in Madison, Wisconsin on July 9, 2019.