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Some Brachyscome species, notably Brachyscome iberidifolia (Swan river daisy), are popular as easily cultivated ornamental plants for flower gardens, and many cultivars are bred for their form, foliage, and flowers.
Argyranthemum frutescens, known as Paris daisy, [2] marguerite or marguerite daisy, is a perennial plant known for its flowers. It is native to the Canary Islands (part of Spain ). [ 3 ] Hybrids derived from this species ( garden marguerites ) are widely cultivated as ornamental plants in private gardens and public parks in many countries, and ...
The flower head is solitary, paired, or in a group of three on the stem. The base of the head is layered with up to 60 or more rough-edged phyllaries. The Leucanthemum head has about 13 to 34 ray florets of various widths, occasionally more, and rarely none. The ray florets are always white but fade pink with age.
Calendula officinalis, the pot marigold, common marigold, ruddles, Mary's gold or Scotch marigold, [2] is a flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae.It is probably native to southern Europe, but its long history of cultivation makes its precise origin unknown, and it is widely naturalised.
Immature fruiting head Barbs on awn of Bidens pilosa Inflorescences. Bidens pilosa is an annual species of herbaceous flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae.Its many common names include hitch hikers, black-jack, beggarticks, farmer's friends and Spanish needle, but most commonly referred to as cobblers pegs.
The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged singly in leaf axils or on the ends of short side branchlets and are 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) in diameter and more or less sessile, with five or six rows of bracts forming an involucre 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long at the base.
It flowers very profusely, [50] and the large flower heads are borne on stalks 5–9 cm (2–3.5 in) above the foliage. Unlike other forms, the stems wither and die naturally after flowering, making way for more new growth and flowers. [51] The flower heads are golden yellow and measure 6 cm (2.5 in) across. [7]
Monoptilon bellidiforme is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names daisy desertstar and small desert star. [1] It is native to the desert southwest of the United States, where it grows in typical desert habitat such as sandy flats and washes.