Everyone knows daisies from their childhood and may have picked them for a bouquet or wreath. But there are some other flowers that look very similar to the daisy. Read below how you can distinguish them from him.
What flowers resemble daisies?
Look very similar to local daisiesDaisies, feverfew, fleabaneandChamomileThey all belong to the Asteraceae plant family, grow wild in nature, bloom in summer and, like the daisy, have white ray flowers and yellow tubular flowers.
Why is the daisy easily confused?
Thewhite-yellow cup flowersof the daisy appear particularly characteristic. However, there aremany plantsthat look verysimilar to these and also belong to the Asteraceae. When identifying daisies, it is therefore important to pay attention not only to the flowers, but also to other characteristics such as leaves, height and location.
How do daisies differ from daisies?
Daisies become significantlylargerthan daisies. They can reach heights of up to 100 cm. Their flowers are also usually larger and, unlike those of daisies, are only present in summer. Furthermore, theleavesof the daisies are arrangedchangeable, whereas those of the daisy are native. You can usually find daisies onnutrient-pooranddry soils. Daisies prefer nutrient-rich and wetter locations.
How to tell feverfew from daisies?
While the flowering period of the daisy extends from spring to late autumn, the feverfew, which looks similar to it, only blooms inmid-summer. If you rub it with your fingers, you will notice anintense smell of feverfew.
Other distinguishing features between the two are their leaves and their height. The leaves of feverfew are alternatedistributed and pinnate on the branched stems. With a height of between 60 and 80 cm, feverfew is also significantlylarger than daisies.
How can you tell fleabane and daisies apart?
The fleabane grows up to100 cm tall and thus towers over the small daisy. Further distinguishing features of fleabane, also known as fine jet, are:
- richly branched
- several flowers on the inflorescence
- alternate leaf arrangement
- long-narrow leaves
- very fine ray flowers
- Flowering time only in summer
What is the difference between chamomile and daisies?
The chamomile probably looks most similar to the daisy, but unlike bellis, it only grows ondry and barren soils Furthermore, the chamomile grows up to 50 cm tall and shows its flowers only in summer and not like the daisy until November. Its growth is also different: loose and bushy.
How can a daisy be identified?
You can recognize and distinguish the daisy from other flowers by its low growth height of a maximum of20 cmand itsdown-to-earth leaves. Its flowers usually appear in March and are present until November.
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Quickly rule out other candidates for confusion
Some asters, the blue daisy and the groundsel are also similar to the daisy in terms of their flowers. But their coloring is different. The daisy flowers are always white-yellow, while the flowers of groundsel, for example, are only colored yellow to yellow-orange and the blue daisy can also be violet to light blue.
