Bellis perennis
Common name
English daisy
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
BELPER
Flower colours
White, Yellow
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Europe to W. Asia
Etymology
bellis: From the Latin bellus ‘beautiful’