Annual daisy
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The annual daisy ( Bellis annua ) is a species of the sunflower family (Asteraceae).
description
The annual daisy is an annual plant that reaches heights of 3 to 12 centimeters. It does not have a distinct rosette of leaves like the Central European daisy , the stem is branched and leafy at the bottom, the roots are very fine. The tongue-shaped to spatula-shaped, notched-sawn or whole-edged leaves are up to 2.5 centimeters long and 1.5 centimeters wide.
The flower heads , standing on thin stems, have a diameter of 0.5 to 1.5 centimeters. They have two rows of bracts and white, with red hand often crowded florets . The achenes are compressed, hairy and have no pappus .
The flowering period is February to June.
The number of chromosomes for Bellis annua subsp. annua 2n = 18.
Occurrence
The annual daisy is distributed over the entire Mediterranean area and is also found in the Canary Islands . It colonizes grassy, occasionally moist locations and also grows on sand.
literature
- Ingrid Schönfelder, Peter Schönfelder : The cosmos Mediterranean flora. Over 500 Mediterranean plants in color photos (= Kosmos nature guide ). 2nd Edition. Franckh, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-440-05300-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Schönfelder , Ingrid Schönfelder: The new cosmos Mediterranean flora. Franckh Kosmos Verlag Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-440-10742-3 . P. 94.
- ^ Tropicos. [1]
