Daisies

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Scientific name:  Bellis perennis

Size:  Can grow to 15cm

Distribution:  Found throughout the U.K.

Flowering months:  May to September

Habitat:  Garden lawns and short grassland

Special features:  Daisies grow as a rosette of oval shaped leaves and produce small white petalled flowers with yellow centre.  The flowers open fully in bright sunlight, hence the name 'daisy' which is a corruption of 'days eye'.

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