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Asteraceae
Moon Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Innocence and new beginnings.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Leucanthemum
- Native to
- Europe, Western Asia
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- herbaceous
- Height
- 1-3 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- well-drained, average
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-8
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Moon daisy is also known as ox-eye daisy and was once used to predict love outcomes through the petal-plucking game 'he loves me, he loves me not.'
- In medieval times, it was called 'day's eye' because the flower opens at dawn and closes at dusk.
- Crusaders returning from the Holy Land brought ox-eye daisy seeds back to Europe mixed in with other plant material.
- Each flower head is actually composed of up to 40 tiny disc florets surrounded by 20-30 ray florets.
- It has been used in folk medicine as an antispasmodic and a remedy for whooping cough.
Color meanings
0
purity
1
patience
2
simplicity