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Bellis perennis

Daisy, Lawndaisy, English Daisy

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Common names

67 names · 50 languages
EnglishYour language
+2 more namesShow fewer names
  • Lawn daisy[2]
  • Lawndaisy
Other languages (49)
Dutch
  • Madeliefje[2]
  • Meizoentje
French
  • Pâquerette[1][2]
  • pâquerette commune[2]
  • Pâquerette vivace[2]
Abkhazian
  • Адәыкакаҷ[2]
Albanian
  • luleshqerrë[2]
Arabic
  • بكرت معمر[2]
  • بليس معمر[2]
  • لؤلوية إنجليزية[2]
+2 more namesShow fewer names
  • لؤلوية شائعة[2]
  • لؤلوية صغيرة[2]
Azerbaijani
  • Çoxillik qızçiçəyi[2]
Belarusian
  • Стакротка многагадовая[2]
Bulgarian
  • Обикновена паричка[2]
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
  • Tratinčica[2]
Czech
  • sedmikráska obecná[2]
Danish
  • Tusindfryd[2]
Emilian Romagnol
  • Malgaritéin[2]
Estonian
  • Harilik kirikakar[2]
Faroese
  • støðugblómandi summardái[2]
Finnish
  • kaunokainen[2]
  • nurmikaunokainen[2]
Galician
  • Margarida común[2]
German
Greek
  • Μαργαρίτα[2]
Hebrew
  • חיננית רב-שנתית[2]
Hungarian
  • százszorszép[2]
  • vad százszorszép[2]
Irish
Italian
Japanese
  • デージー[2]
  • ヒナギク[2]
Kashubian
  • Marzëbiónka[2]
Korean
Latvian
  • Ilggadīgā mārpuķīte[2]
Lithuanian
  • Daugiametė saulutė[2]
Luxembourgish
  • Margréitchen[2]
Norwegian
Pennsylvania German
Polish
  • Stokrotka pospolita[2]
  • Stokrotka trwała[2]
  • Stokrotka łąkowa[2]
Portuguese
Romanian
  • Bănuței, Părăluțe[2]
Romansh
  • Margarittina[2]
Russian
  • Маргаритка многолетняя[2]
Samogitian
  • Šimtažėidis[2]
Schwyzerdutsch
Serbian
  • Красуљак[2]
Slovak
  • sedmokráska obyčajná[2]
Slovenian
  • navadna marjetica[2]
Spanish
  • Margarita común europea[2]
Swedish
  • tusensköna[2]
Turkish
  • koyungözü[2]
Ukrainian
  • Стокротки багаторічні[2]
Uzbek
Welsh
  • llygad y dydd[2]
West Frisian
  • Koweblomke[2]
Sources & name notes (2)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Bellis perennis L. ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Gänseblümchen (DE); Daisy (EN); pâquerette (FR) — VernacularName.tsv, line 143718; taxon 5WH44.
[2] Bellis perennis — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • Lawn daisy — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • common daisy — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Madeliefje — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Gänseblümchen — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • kaunokainen — results[0].names[6]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pratolina — results[0].names[7]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pâquerette vivace — results[0].names[8]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • pâquerette commune — results[0].names[9]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • חיננית רב-שנתית — results[0].names[10]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • luleshqerrë — results[0].names[11]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Маргаритка многолетняя — results[0].names[12]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarita común europea — results[0].names[13]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarida — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • sedmikráska obecná — results[0].names[15]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Обикновена паричка — results[0].names[16]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margritli — results[0].names[17]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Μαργαρίτα — results[0].names[18]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Koweblomke — results[0].names[19]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Marzëbiónka — results[0].names[20]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Šimtažėidis — results[0].names[21]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margréitchen — results[0].names[22]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Gensblumm — results[0].names[23]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarittina — results[0].names[24]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Dastorgul — results[0].names[25]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Çoxillik qızçiçəyi — results[0].names[26]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Адәыкакаҷ — results[0].names[27]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Tusindfryd — results[0].names[28]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • 雛菊 — results[0].names[29]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • English daisy — results[0].names[30]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarida común — results[0].names[31]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • tusenfryd — results[0].names[32]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Malgaritéin — results[0].names[33]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • tusensköna — results[0].names[34]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • ヒナギク — results[0].names[35]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Daugiametė saulutė — results[0].names[36]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • nurmikaunokainen — results[0].names[37]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Stokrotka pospolita — results[0].names[38]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Harilik kirikakar — results[0].names[39]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Bonina — results[0].names[40]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • sedmokráska obyčajná — results[0].names[41]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • デージー — results[0].names[42]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • 雏菊 — results[0].names[43]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Nóinín — results[0].names[44]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • 데이지 — results[0].names[45]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • koyungözü — results[0].names[46]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • støðugblómandi summardái — results[0].names[47]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Стакротка многагадовая — results[0].names[48]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Стокротки багаторічні — results[0].names[49]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • navadna marjetica — results[0].names[50]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Красуљак — results[0].names[51]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • بليس معمر — results[0].names[52]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • بكرت معمر — results[0].names[53]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • لؤلوية صغيرة — results[0].names[54]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • لؤلوية إنجليزية — results[0].names[55]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • لؤلوية شائعة — results[0].names[56]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Ilggadīgā mārpuķīte — results[0].names[57]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • százszorszép — results[0].names[58]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Tratinčica — results[0].names[59]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pâquerette — results[0].names[60]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • vad százszorszép — results[0].names[61]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Stokrotka łąkowa — results[0].names[62]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Stokrotka trwała — results[0].names[63]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Bănuței, Părăluțe — results[0].names[64]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • llygad y dydd — results[0].names[65]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.

General information

Scientific name: Bellis perennis
Accepted name (Kew): Bellis perennis L. View name reference ↗

Accepted in the cited Kew taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1] [2]
Botanical family: Asteraceae

Kew's family placement for the genus Bellis (WCVP v16).

Sources [1]
Also known as: Daisy, Lawndaisy, English Daisy
Images: Google Images

Plant characteristics

Layer: Herbaceous, Ground cover
Catalogue size class: Small
Height: 0.08–0.15 m

NC State landscape size range; converted from feet and inches. Size varies with site, age and management.

Sources [3]
Spread: 0.08–0.23 m

NC State landscape size range; converted from feet and inches. Size varies with site, age and management.

Sources [3]
Growth rate: Fast
Sources [3]
Foliage: Semi-evergreen
Sources [3]
Growth habit: Erect, Spreading

Whole-plant habit and form as described by NC State.

Sources [3]
Life cycle: Annual, Biennial, Perennial
Sources [3]

Growing conditions

USDA hardiness: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b

USDA zones listed by NC State; winter survival does not establish reliable cropping.

Sources [3]
Soil moisture:
Well-drained, Moist

Moisture and drainage conditions listed by NC State.

Sources [3]
Soil:
Clay, High Organic Matter, Loam (Silt), Sand
Sources [3]
pH:
Acid (<6.0), Alkaline (>8.0), Neutral (6.0-8.0)
Sources [3]
Light:
Dappled Sunlight, Full sun, Partial Shade
Sources [3]

Uses

Edible parts:
Leaves, Flowers
Edibility rating:
(2)
Medicinal rating:
(3)
Functions:
Repellent

Description

Leaves can be eaten both raw and cooked and have a somewhat sour taste. Some describe the flavor as pleasantly sour, while others say they are mild and pleasant, and are often used in salads. Daisies are sometimes also used as an herb. The flower buds and petals can be eaten raw and are delicious in sandwiches, soups, and salads.

Harvest

Harvest starts: 01/05
Harvest ends: 30/09

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew World Checklist of Vascular Plants, version 16, extracted 4 June 2026
    Supports: Botanical familyTaxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Botanical family: WCVP v16, wcvp_names.csv row 556267; name ID 3133788; Bellis L.. Family column.
    • Taxonomy: WCVP v16, wcvp_names.csv row 1429582; name ID 2922692; Bellis perennis L..

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.

  2. Catalogue of Life Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Bellis perennis

    Taxonomic data from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20.

    Supports: Taxonomy
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: COL 2026-08-20, NameUsage.tsv line 1806891, ID 5WH44: Bellis perennis L. (accepted).

    Source checked on .

  3. NC State Extension, North Carolina State University Bellis perennis — Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
    Supports: HeightSpreadGrowth rateFoliageGrowth habitLife cycleLightSoil moistureSoil textureSoil pHUSDA hardiness
    Relevant sections
    • Height: Dimensions > Height; Height: 0 ft. 3 in. - 0 ft. 6 in.
    • Spread: Dimensions > Width; Width: 0 ft. 3 in. - 0 ft. 9 in.
    • Growth rate: Growth Rate
    • Foliage: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
    • Growth habit: Habit/Form
    • Life cycle: Life Cycle
    • Light: Light
    • Soil moisture: Soil Drainage
    • Soil texture: Soil Texture
    • Soil pH: Soil pH
    • USDA hardiness: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone

    Source checked on .