Daisy Flowers is a site about flowers – where they grow, what they’re made of, what keeps them functioning. Due to my love of science and the background information of things a lot of my posts will probably end up diving pretty deeply into the details and science of things.
Because my favorite flower is the daisy (and hence the name of the site), the first articles will be centered around this beautiful flower. Just to start things off with a little background about daisy flowers – the common daisy has the scientific name of bellis perennis. While this is probably the type of daisy most people would think of when hearing the name, it is really just part of a larger family of flower called Asteraceae.
In terms of the number of species within a family, Asteraceae is the second largest. The name comes from the genus Aster and contains more than sixteen hundred genera and twenty three thousand species. Twenty three thousand species! Something I didn’t realize is that the common daisy actually has astringent properties and was previously used in folk medicine.
Within Asteraceae there are many different types of daisy flowers or herbs, but there are also shrubs, climbing vines, and trees. The most recognizable characteristic of any of these plants is probably the specific type of flower head (the more scientific word is capitulum) that can be found on the plants. A capitulum is a particular form of inflorescence, which from what I gather, is a cluster of flowers arranged on a stem.
That seems like a sufficient introduction, but in future posts I hope to discuss more information about daisies and other flowers, have plenty of daisy flowers pictures, and whatever information I can find that I hope you might find interesting as well. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy the rest of the information I come across.
Photo Source: Michel Filion