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Daisy

Bellis perennis

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Common names

83 names · 50 languages
EnglishYour language
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Other languages (49)
Dutch
French
Abkhazian
  • Адәыкакаҷ[5]
Albanian
  • luleshqerrë[5]
Arabic
  • بكرت معمر[5]
  • بليس معمر[5]
  • لؤلوية إنجليزية[5]
+2 more namesShow fewer names
  • لؤلوية شائعة[5]
  • لؤلوية صغيرة[5]
Azerbaijani
  • Çoxillik qızçiçəyi[5]
Belarusian
  • Стакротка многагадовая[5]
Bulgarian
  • Обикновена паричка[5]
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Croatian
  • Tratinčica[5]
Czech
  • sedmikráska obecná[5]
Danish
  • Tusindfryd[5]
Emilian Romagnol
  • Malgaritéin[5]
Estonian
  • Harilik kirikakar[5]
Faroese
  • støðugblómandi summardái[5]
Finnish
  • kaunokainen[5]
  • nurmikaunokainen[5]
Galician
  • Margarida común[5]
German
Greek
  • Μαργαρίτα[5]
Hebrew
  • חיננית רב-שנתית[5]
Hungarian
  • százszorszép[5]
  • vad százszorszép[5]
Irish
Italian
Japanese
  • デージー[5]
  • ヒナギク[5]
Kashubian
  • Marzëbiónka[5]
Korean
Latvian
  • Ilggadīgā mārpuķīte[5]
Lithuanian
  • Daugiametė saulutė[5]
Luxembourgish
  • Margréitchen[5]
Norwegian
Pennsylvania German
Polish
  • Stokrotka pospolita[5]
  • Stokrotka trwała[5]
  • Stokrotka łąkowa[5]
Portuguese
Romanian
  • Bănuței, Părăluțe[5]
Romansh
  • Margarittina[5]
Russian
  • Маргаритка многолетняя[5]
Samogitian
  • Šimtažėidis[5]
Schwyzerdutsch
Serbian
  • Красуљак[5]
Slovak
  • sedmokráska obyčajná[5]
Slovenian
  • navadna marjetica[5]
Spanish
  • Margarita común europea[4][5]
Swedish
  • tusensköna[5]
Turkish
  • koyungözü[5]
Ukrainian
  • Стокротки багаторічні[5]
Uzbek
Welsh
  • llygad y dydd[5]
West Frisian
  • Koweblomke[5]
Sources & name notes (5)

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] Royal Horticultural Society — common names ↗

Names retained from the referenced botanical profile or table.

Source records
  • daisy — Page 1, column 2, row top 562 pt; common-name cell after Bellis perennis.; Bellis perennis.
[2] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Bellis perennis ↗

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.
[3] Bellis perennis — Plant Toolbox common names ↗

NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox; English common names in a United States horticultural reference.

Source records
  • English Daisy — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(10); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Bairnwort — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(1); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Banwood — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(2); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Banwort — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(3); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Bone Flower — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(4); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Bonewort — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(5); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Bruisewort — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(6); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Common Gowan — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(7); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Dog Daisy — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(8); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Double Daisy — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(9); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Goose Flower — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(11); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Herb Margaret — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(12); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Lawn Daisy — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(13); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Marguerite — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(14); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • May Gowan — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(15); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Noon Flower — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(16); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • True Daisy — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(17); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
  • Woundwort — ul#common_names > li:nth-of-type(18); heading: Common Name(s):; Bellis perennis.
[4] Bellis perennis — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • English daisy — results[0].names[30]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Madeliefje — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pâquerette — results[0].names[60]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Gänseblümchen — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • common daisy — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Lawn daisy — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarita común europea — results[0].names[13]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • pâquerette commune — results[0].names[9]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pâquerette vivace — results[0].names[8]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pratolina — results[0].names[7]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Bonina — results[0].names[40]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarida — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
[5] Bellis perennis — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

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

Source records
  • English daisy — results[0].names[30]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Madeliefje — results[0].names[3]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pâquerette — results[0].names[60]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Gänseblümchen — results[0].names[5]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • common daisy — results[0].names[2]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Lawn daisy — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarita común europea — results[0].names[13]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • pâquerette commune — results[0].names[9]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pâquerette vivace — results[0].names[8]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Pratolina — results[0].names[7]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Bonina — results[0].names[40]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • Margarida — results[0].names[14]; taxon id 55563; Bellis perennis.
  • kaunokainen — results[0].names[6]; 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Bellis perennis is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Asteraceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Mature height
0.08–0.15 m

NC State Extension profile. Converted from the source range in feet and inches; mature size varies with growing conditions.

Sources [2]
Mature spread
0.08–0.23 m

NC State Extension profile. Converted from the source range in feet and inches; mature size varies with growing conditions.

Sources [2]
Plant habit
Erect; Spreading

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Life cycle
Annual; Biennial; Perennial

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Growth rate
Rapid

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Foliage
Semi-evergreen

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day); Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day); Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Moisture and drainage
Good Drainage; Moist

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Soil texture
Clay; High Organic Matter; Loam (Silt); Sand

NC State Extension profile.

Sources [2]
Soil pH
Acid (<6.0); Alkaline (>8.0); Neutral (6.0-8.0)

NC State Extension profile. These source categories do not certify the catalogue’s numeric pH interval.

Sources [2]
Flowering season
Spring; Summer

NC State Extension profile. Seasons reflect the source region and do not verify the catalogue’s exact flowering months.

Sources [2]
Native range
Europe

NC State Extension profile. Origin reported by the source; this is not a claim of local nativeness.

Sources [2]
Reported wildlife attraction
Listed as attracting: bees, butterflies, pollinators.

NC State Extension profile. Broad wildlife categories; this does not establish flower visits by a named bee species or quantify nectar and pollen.

Sources [2]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Bellis perennis in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [3]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Low suitability
Nectar value Low
Pollen value Low
Agroforestry database

Complete plant information

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Structure

Vegetation layer
Herbaceous, Ground cover
Size
Small
Dimensions
0.20 m high × 0.20 m wide
Lifecycle
Perennial

Site conditions

USDA hardiness
4-8
Moisture
Moist
Soil
Sandy, Loamy, Clay
pH
Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
Light
Partial shade, Sun

Uses

Edible parts
Leaves, Flowers
Functions
Repellent
Edibility
2 out of 5
Medicinal value
3 out of 5

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.

Sources and references

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

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Bellis perennis — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1806891; ID 5WH44; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1806891; ID 5WH44; rank species; status accepted

    Source checked on .

    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. NC State Extension Bellis perennis — Plant Toolbox

    NC State Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Growing conditions and seasons reflect its United States horticultural context.

    Supports: Mature heightMature spreadPlant habitLife cycleGrowth rateFoliageLightMoisture and drainageSoil textureSoil pHFlowering seasonNative rangeReported wildlife attraction
    Relevant sections
    • Mature height: Dimensions / Height
    • Mature spread: Dimensions / Width
    • Plant habit: Habit/Form
    • Life cycle: Life Cycle
    • Growth rate: Growth Rate
    • Foliage: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics
    • Light: Light
    • Moisture and drainage: Soil Drainage
    • Soil texture: Soil Texture
    • Soil pH: Soil pH
    • Flowering season: Flower Bloom Time
    • Native range: Country Or Region Of Origin
    • Reported wildlife attraction: Attracts

    Source checked on .

  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Wildflowers

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 1, column 2, entry Bellis perennis (top 562 pt)

    Source checked on .