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Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area

Bellis perennis

Family : ASTERACEAE
Common Name (UK) : Common Daisy
Common Name (DE) : Gänseblümchen
Common Name (FR) : Pâquerette
Habitat : short turf in a wide variety of situtations including lawns, golf-courses, playing-fields, pastures and roadside banks, or as a weed of arable fields and garden borders
Remarks : Leaves can be eaten as a salad. Introduced to North America from Europe and found scattered throughout Canada and the United States.
Used as a cough suppressant.
First appearing : March
Abundance : Abundant

  • Photo Date : March 19, 2005
  • Location : Marstallstrasse, Stuttgart, Center.
    N48° 46.828' E9° 10.874'
  • Photo Date : March 19, 2005
  • Location : Marstallstrasse, Stuttgart, Center.
    N48° 46.828' E9° 10.874'
  • Photo Date : April 18, 2004
  • Location : Near the car park below the Birkenkopf.