Asteraceae
Oxeye daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Leucanthemum
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Common names
By language (58)
- Amharic
- ኣደይ ኣበባ
- Arabic
- أقحوان المروج الشائع
- arz
- اقحوان المروج الشائع
- Asturian
- Catasol grande
- ba
- Аҡ сәскә
- Basque
- Sanjoan-lore
- Belarusian
- Нівянік звычайны
- Bulgarian
- Маргаритка
- Catalan
- Margarida de prat, Margaridot
- Chinese
- 法兰西菊, 法蘭西菊, 法國菊, 滨菊, 濱菊, 牛眼菊
- Croatian
- Ivančica
- csb
- Żółtô knąpka
- Czech
- Kopretina bílá
- Danish
- Hvid Okseøje
- Dutch
- Gewone margriet
- English
- Oxeye daisy, Ox-eye daisy, Blossom
- Esperanto
- Ordinara leŭkanto
- Estonian
- Harilik härjasilm, Härjasilm
- Finnish
- Ahopäivänkakkara, Päivänkakkara
- French
- Marguerite commune, Grande marguerite, Reine-marguerite
- frr
- Margerit, Gewöönelk margerit
- Georgian
- Მინდვრის გვირილა
- German
- Magerwiesen-Margerite, Wiesenmargerite, Margerite, Wiesen-Margerite, Wiesen-Wucherblume
- gv
- Bastag vane
- Hebrew
- חיננית עין שור
- Hungarian
- Réti margitvirág, Margaréta
- Icelandic
- Freyjubrá
- io
- Margrito
- Irish
- Nóinín mór
- Italian
- Chrisanthemum leucanthemum, Margherita comune
- Japanese
- フランスギク
- kbd
- Адыгэудзщхьэху
- Korean
- 프랑스국화
- kw
- Kaja vras
- lah
- ڈیزی
- Latvian
- Parastā pīpene
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji baltagalvė, Baltoji ramunė
- Macedonian
- Маргаритка
- Malayalam
- ഓക്സ് ഐ ഡെയ്സി
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Prestekrage, Prestekrave
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Prestekrage, Prestekraga, Prestekrave, Prestkraga, Prestkrage, Prestkragga, Prestkråggå, Prestkrågå
- os
- Дзедзыкка
- Persian
- لیوکانتهموم ولگاره, لیوکانته موم ولگاره, گل چشمگاوی
- Polish
- Jastrun właściwy, Jastrun wczesny, Margerytka, Złocień właściwy
- Portuguese
- Malmequer bravo, Malmequer maior, Malmequer-bravo, Malmequer-maior, Margarita maior, Margarita-maior
- Romanian
- Margaretă, Margarete
- Russian
- Нивяник обыкновенный, Поповник
- sc
- Chrysantemum leucanthemum, Margarida
- Serbian (Latin)
- Proljetna ivančica
- sgs
- Baltgalvė
- Slovak
- Margaréta biela
- Slovenian
- Rana ivanjščica, Margerita, Pasja marjetica, Travniška ivanjščina, Volovska marjetica
- Swedish
- Prästkrage
- Turkish
- Beyaz Ay Papatyası, Margarit, Büyük Papatya, Beyaz aypapatyası, Margarit, Çayir kasimpati, Çayır kasımpatısı
- Ukrainian
- Королиця звичайна
- vep
- Haraganhäč
- Walloon
- Rinne-magrite
- Welsh
- Llygad-llo Mawr, Llygad llo mawr
Synonyms
- Chrysanthemum lanceolatum Pers.
- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum f. leucanthemum
- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum subsp. lanceolatum (DC.) E.Mayer
- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum subsp. leucanthemum
- Chrysanthemum leucanthemum var. leucanthemum
- Chrysanthemum montanum Willd.
- Chrysanthemum montanum var. heterophyllum (Willd.) Koch
- Chrysanthemum vulgare var. vulgare
- Leucanthemum atratum var. heterophyllum (Willd.) Rouy
- Leucanthemum lanceolatum DC.
- Leucanthemum praecox (Horvatić) Villard
- Leucanthemum vulgare subsp. incisum Arcang.
- Leucanthemum vulgare subsp. praecox Horvatić
- Leucanthemum vulgare var. vulgare
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 10,685 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tyler Ekholm, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Will Kuhn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Toby Rowland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Vera Buhl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: DenesFeri, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marilyne Busque-Dubois, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Connie Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Will Kuhn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.