The handsome Ox-eye Daisy is common all over Britain. You find it in
flower from summer to the end of autumn.
It is a plant with a tall, stiff stem that has ridges running from top
to bottom.
Notice how different its leaves are from those of the small Daisy,
though both plants belong to the same family.
The flowers in the Ox-eye Daisy are very large. The yellow tube flowers
in the centre are crowded together on a flat disc, and outside this disc
there is a double ring of tiny white tubes, each of which has one broad
white strap. These straps form the beautiful border to the flower.
At the top of the green flower-stalk there is a double ring of narrow
green pointed leaves. When the flowers are in bud they look like thick
green buttons, with a yellow spot in the middle, as these green leaves
are tightly folded in a circle round the flat yellow centre.
The leaves are straggling and very poor-looking for such a handsome
plant. They are feather-shaped, with the edges deeply cut up into many
blunt points. They have no stalks of their own, but spring from the main
stem.