| Description | An introduced garden perennial that has become a common weed in fields and along roads. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Weeds |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, solitary heads, have white female ray florets and yellow disk florets, florets are capable of producing seed but ray florets do not produce pollen |
| Fruit | single seeded fruit called an achene, produced by each floret |
| Leaves | base leaves are toothed to deeply lobed and spatula shaped, stem leaves are alternate smooth and glossy |
| Stems | numerous single, hairless stems rising from the base, can spread by rhizomes. |
| Roots | shallow rooted |
| Dimensions | up to 3 feet tall. |
| Propagation | reproduces naturally by seeds, spreading rhizomes |
| Native Site | Arrived with the colonist from Europe and now found throughout Canada and most of the US except for the north central plains. |
| Misc Facts | syn Chrysanthemum leucanthemum |
| Author's Notes | This plant has a love-hate relationship to many people. To the farmer they are noxious weeds, taking over fields. To many others they are beautiful roadside wild flowers. I have worked in gardens that were over run with this plant. The owners dug a few up and planted them in the garden. Little did they know their aggressive spreading and reseeding habit. |
| Notes & Reference | #19-Common Weeds ( USDA Agricultural Research Service), #81-Weeds of Northern US and Canada (Royer and Dickinson), #82-The Secrets of Wild Flowers (Sanders) |
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