Photographs: Co. Cork

Shasta Daisy Leucanthemum lacustre x maximum (Leucanthemum x superbum) Family: Asteraceae Flowering: June-August. Perennial. Introduced. Large white flowers with yellow-centres, often double-petalled, and 6-10cm wide. The basal and stem-leaves are elliptic-oblong, narrowing to the base, upper stem-leaves entire or shallow-toothed. Stems erect or sprawling. Fully fertile, also spreads rapidly vegetatively. An occasional garden escape on roadsides and waste ground. Similar: Ox-eye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare

Shasta Daisy, Leucanthemum x superbum