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Bellis perennis L.
English daisy (lawndaisy)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

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Species Information

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General:
Perennial herb from a fibrous root; stems ascending to erect, few, simple, leafless, hairy, 2-20 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves with short to long stalks, the blades spoon-shaped to oval or orbicular, 0.7-3.0 (rarely 4.0) cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, toothed to entire, obtuse to rounded at the tips, coarse, spreading-hairy above and below; stem leaves lacking.Flowers: Heads with ray and disk flowers, solitary; involucres 5-6 mm tall; involucral bracts egg-shaped to broadly oblanceolate, rounded to obtuse at the tips, sparsely hairy on the backs, often suffused with purple; receptacles cone-shaped; ray flowers 8-10 mm long, white to sometimes pink or purple; disk flowers yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes appressed-hairy, mostly 2-nerved, flattened; pappus lacking. vol1_4

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Habitat / Range

Mesic to dry lawns, roadsides and waste areas in the lowland zone; common in coastal BC, rare in SC and SE BC; introduced from Europe.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Bellis perennis

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres) 706 732 810
Slope Gradient (%) 0 4 15
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		14 279 340
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		5 5 6
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:		 11
Modal BEC Zone Class
 SBS
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in: SBS(11)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
 Flora North America treatment for Bellis perennis
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Photo Sources

UBC Herbarium Scanned Collection Record
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UT Austin's Native Plant Database
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General References

Google Scholar Search
Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-05-21 5:53:29 PM ]
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