daisy [O.E.,=day's eye], name for several common wildflowers of the family Asteraceae (aster aster [Gr.,=star], common name for the Asteraceae (Compositae), the aster family, in North America, name for plants of the genus Aster, sometimes called wild asters, and for a related plant more correctly called China aster (Callistephus chinensis
..... Click the link for more information. family). The daisy of literature, the true daisy, is Bellis perennis, called in the United States English daisy. This is a low European plant, cultivated in the United States mostly in the double form, with heads of white, pink, or red flowers. The English daisy, which closes at night, has long been considered the flower of children and of innocence. A purple species native to the lower Mississippi basin is called Western daisy (Astranthum or Bellis integrifolium). The common, often weedy, daisy of the United States (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), called also white, or oxeye, daisy, is native to Europe but naturalized in America. The white daisy is one of the plants named marguerite, but the usual marguerite in cultivation is C. frutescens, a bushy perennial with white or lemon-yellow flowers, native to the Canary Islands and called also Paris daisy. Among other plants called daisy, yellow daisy is a synonym for the black-eyed Susan black-eyed Susan or yellow daisy, North American daisylike wildflower (Rudbeckia hirta) of the family Asteraceae ( aster family) with yellow rays and a dark brown center. It is a weedy biennial or annual and grows in dry places.
..... Click the link for more information. ; Michaelmas daisy, for an aster. The seaside daisy and daisy fleabane are species of the fleabane fleabane, any plant of the genus Erigeron, widely distributed herbs of the family Asteraceae ( aster family), especially abundant in temperate and mountainous regions of North America.
..... Click the link for more information. genus. Daisies are classified in the division Magnoliophyta Magnoliophyta (măg'nōlēŏf`ətə)
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Asterales, family Asteraceae.

daisy

Any of several species of garden plants in the composite family, especially the oxeye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum) and the English, or true, daisy (Bellis perennis). Both are native to Europe but have become naturalized in the U.S. These and other plants called daisies are distinguished by a flower composed of 15–30 white ray flowers surrounding a bright yellow disk flower. The cultivated Shasta daisy (C. maximum) resembles the oxeye daisy but has larger flower heads. The English daisy is often used as a bedding plant.

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daisy

a flower traditionally displayed in homes during Easter season. [Christian Tradition: Jobes, 487]

See : Easter

daisy

symbol of blamelessness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 173; Kunz, 328]

See : Innocence

daisy

provides protection against fairies. [Flower Symbolism: Briggs, 87]

See : Protection

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