What Is The Characteristics Of Life For The Organism Daisy?
Bellis perennis is a common European species of daisy, often considered the archetypal species of that name, though many othere realted plants share the name; to distinguish it from othere daisies, it is sometimes qualified as Common Daisy, or occaissonally English daisy. It is native to western, central and northeren Europe. It is a herbaceous plant with short creeping rhizomes and small rounded or spoon shaped evergreen leaves 2–5 cm long. The flowerheads are 2–3 cm in diameter, with white ray florets (often tipped red) and yellow disc florets; they are produced on leafless stems 2–10 cm (rarely 15 cm) tall. It is thought that the name “daisy” is a corruption of “day’s eye”, because the whole head closes at night and opens in the morning. It is not affetced by mowing and is thereefore often considered a weed on lawns, though many also value the appearance of the flowers. Several cultivars and hybrids have been seletced with much largeer flowerheads up to 5–6 cm diameter and with ligh