Plants Profile for Leucanthemum vulgare (oxeye daisy)

General Information
Symbol:	LEVU
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Asteraceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK I CAN I HI I L48 I SPM I
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Brother Alfred Brousseau. Provided by St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©Rusty Russell. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. Usage Requirements.

©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, OH. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United Kingdom, England, Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, NV. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, NH, Appledore Island. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, MA, Cape Cod. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, IL, Chicago. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 3: 518. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CHLE80	Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L.
CHLEB	Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. var. boecheri B. Boivin
CHLEP	Chrysanthemum leucanthemum L. var. pinnatifidum Lecoq & Lamotte
LELE12	Leucanthemum leucanthemum (L.) Rydb., nom. inval.
LEVUP	Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. var. pinnatifidum (Lecoq & Lamotte) Moldenke

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae ⁄ Compositae – Aster family
Genus	Leucanthemum Mill. – daisy
Species	Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. – oxeye daisy

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
Colorado Chrysanthemum leucanthemum oxeye daisy B list (noxious weeds)
Montana Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ox-eye daisy Category 1 noxious weed
Ohio Chrysanthemum leucanthemum var. pinnatifidum ox-eye daisy Prohibited noxious weed
Washington ox-eye daisy Class B noxious weed oxeye daisy, white daisy, whiteweed, field daisy, marguerite, poorland flower Noxious weed seed and plant quarantine
Wyoming Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ox-eye daisy Noxious weed

U.S. Weed Information
Leucanthemum vulgare marguerite oxeye daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum oxeye daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum var. pinnatifidum marguerite oxeye daisy This plant and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.
KY	Haragan, P.D.. 1991. Weeds of Kentucky and adjacent states: a field guide. The University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.
SEEPPC	Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
WI	Hoffman, R.and K. Kearns (eds.). 1997. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. Wisconsin Dept. Natural Resources. Madison, Wisconsin.
WSWS	Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al.. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Hawaii	UPL

North America
Alaska	UPL
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	UPL
Great Plains	UPL
Midwest	UPL
Northcentral & Northeast	UPL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FACU