| Common Name: | Oxeye daisy |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chrysanthemum |
| Species: | leucanthemum |
| Classification/Rank: | Very Invasive |
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| Habitat/Range: | • wide distribution in the region and very abundant in some areas. • some private pastures and crown range are experiencing serious forage losses. • large portions of the Cassiar area are still relatively free and it may be possible and beneficial to develop a containment program |
• perennial herb from a creeping rhizome that grows 0.2 to 0.8 m tall
• basal leaves alternate, egg-shaped to spoon-shaped, stalked, pinnately lobed or toothed; stem leaves reduced becoming unstalked and nearly entire upwards
• stems erect, solitary to several, sparingly branched, smooth, sage-like odour
• ray flowers white, disk flowers yellow
NWIPC's Annual Report for 2017 was released at our AGM in Smithers in October 2018. Check it out here.
Land owners and managers have long recognized the need to control invasive plants to limit their impacts. In May 2018, a new smartphone app...
