Common daisy - World Crops Database

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Common daisies are usually flowers with a yellow center with white petals. They are often seen growing wild in lawns.

But daisies are also cultivated, for example as ground cover in gardens.

Daisy young leaves are edible and can be used raw in salads or cooked. Also flower buds and petals are edible and can be used in salads or soups or as a tea.

Daisies are also used in herbal medicine, for example juice extracted from daisies has been used to treat wounds.

For gardens, many cultivated varieties are now available, which often look very different from the original daisy. They can have flat or round flowers or are double-flowered and they come in many different sizes and colors.

Names

Scientific
   Bellis perennis
English
   Bruisewort
   Common daisy
   Daisy
   English daisy
   Lawn daisy
   Woundwort
Dutch
   Madeliefje
Spanish
   Chiribita
   Margarita común
   Pascueta
   Vellorita
French
   Pâquerette
   Pâquerette vivace
German
   Gänseblümchen
   Maßliebchen
   Monatsröserl
   Tausendschön
Italian
   Margheritina comune
   Pratolina comune