Leucanthemum vulgare

Leucanthemum vulgare White gowan
White Ox-ee daisy flouer
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Faimily:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Leucanthemum
Species:	L. vulgare
Binomial name
Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.

Leucanthemum vulgare, the white gowan, (syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum), is a widespread flouerin plant native tae Europe an the temperate regions o Asie an an introduced plant tae North Americae, Australie, an New Zealand. It is ane o a nummer o Asteraceae faimily plants tae be cried a "daisy", an haes the vernacular names: common daisy, dug daisy, muin daisy, an oxe-ee daisy.

Leucanthemum vulgare is a typical grassland perennial wildflouer, growin in a variety o plant commonties includin meadows an fields, unner scrub an open-canopy forests, an in disturbed auries.

Leucanthemum is frae the Auncient Greek λευκός ("white") an ἄνθεμον ("flouer").