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Annual Daisy
Bellis annua
Bellis annua, the annual daisy, is a small daisy species native to Mediterranean countries eastward to Iran.
From the article Bellis annua on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
A small, annual daisy, often little-hairy, with a few small leaves, and small flower heads. The leaves may be distinctly-toothed, and may occur on the flower stem (check several plants). The seeds (achenes) are finely-short hairy. Native to Mediterranean countries and eastward to Iran. subsp. annua has leaves to 2.5 cm and flower heads to 1.5 cm with 20-30 ray petals. Range as per species subsp. vandasii (Velen.) D. A. Webb has larger leaves (to 5 cm) and larger flower heads (1.2-2 cm), range Central Bulgaria - listed in Flora Europaea but not on Plants of the World. subsp. microcephala (Lange) Nyman has very small flower heads (5-10 mm) with acute hispid involucral bracts under the flowerhead. Native to Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia. subsp. minuta (DC.) Meikle has shortened ray petals. Native to Cyprus, Italy, Kriti, Palestine, Sardegna. Those on Cyprus being generally this subsp.
Wikipedia: “Description and Range”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 189743.