Buphthalmum salicifolium
Encyclopedia
Yellow oxeye daisy is a species
of ornamental plant
.
It stands 30 to 60 cm high and blooms between May and September. The species may be mistaken for Inula salicina
, which has narrower ligule
s; or for Arnica montana
. It ideally needs lime
soil though other soil types may be used.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...
.
It stands 30 to 60 cm high and blooms between May and September. The species may be mistaken for Inula salicina
Inula salicina
Inula salicina is a plant species in the genus Inula....
, which has narrower ligule
Ligule
A ligule — is a thin outgrowth at the junction of leaf and leafstalk of many grasses and sedges or a strap-shaped corolla, such as that of a ray floret in plants in the daisy family....
s; or for Arnica montana
Arnica montana
Arnica montana, known commonly as leopard's bane, wolf's bane, mountain tobacco and mountain arnica, is a European flowering plant with large yellow capitula....
. It ideally needs lime
Lime (mineral)
Lime is a general term for calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for a single mineral of the CaO composition, occurring very rarely...
soil though other soil types may be used.