1 46 WILD FLOWERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES 
DAISY. (BELLIS, LINN.) — Flower-heads solitary on a leafless stalk springing from the root 
(a scape). The outer (ray) florets strap-shaped (ligulate), without stamens (female), white, red, or 
purple ; the centre (disk) florets tubular, with both stamens and carpels, male and female (perfect), 
yellow. Flower-bracts in i or 2 rows, nearly equal. Small herbs with the leaves in a rosette, all 
springing from the root (radical). 
Common Daisy. (Beilis perennis, Linn.)— The only British species (as just 
described). The outer florets white, tipped with red, the inner yellow ; the flower-bracts dark 
green and in one row ; the stem 2-8 inches high, leafless ; the leaves blunt, oblong, narrowing at 
the base (spathulate) ; and the root creeping. [ Plate 64. 
Found everywhere. Flowers all the year round. Perennial. 
STAR-WORT. (ASTER, LINN.) — Flower-heads many-flowered, in terminal clusters. The outer 
(ray) florets in one row, strap-shaped (ligulate), without stamens (female), or without stamens and 
carpels (neuter), white, purple, or blue, rarely absent ; the inner (disk) florets tubular, perfect, 
yellow. Flower-bracts in many rows, herbaceous. Calyx-tube tipped with hairs ; petals 5, united 
at the base and spreading into a flat limb (ligulate) in the outer florets, united into a tube and 
separating into 5 short teeth (tubular) in the centre florets : stamens 5, with the anthers united, 
or o. Fruit an achene tipped with the lengthened calyx-hairs (pappus). Herbs with alternate 
leaves. 
Seaside Aster, Sea Star-wort, Michaelmas Daisy. (Aster Tripolium, Linn.)— 
As just described. Heads large, in a loose, terminal mass (corymb). The outer (ray) florets in 
1 row, strap-shaped (ligulate), lilac or white ; the inner (disk) tubular, perfect, yellow. Flower- 
bracts few, long, pointed, membranous. Stem 1-3 feet high, stout, succulent, much branched ; 
and the leaves fleshy, oblong, smooth, slightly toothed. Sweet-scented. [ Plate 68. 
Found in muddy salt marshes. August— September. Perennial. 
* Aster salig’nus, Willd. — An escape from gardens, without the outer strap-shaped florets. 
Found in Cambridgeshire and near Perth. 
Goldilocks. (Aster Linosyris, Bernh.) — Flower-heads in a dense terminal mass (corymb). 
Florets all tubular and perfect, yellow. [As just described in the genus Aster.] Flower-bracts 
narrow and pointed. Stems 12-18 inches high, wiry, generally unbranched (simple), very leafy. 
Leaves very narrow, smooth, entire. 
Very rare. Limestone cliff's. August — September. Perennial. 
YARROW. (ACHILLEA, LINN.) — Flower-heads rather small, in terminal clusters (corymbs). 
The outer (ray) florets few, short, broad, strap-shaped (ligulate), without stamens (female), white, 
yellow, or pink ; the inner (disk) florets tubular and perfect, white or yellow. Flower-bracts in 
several rows, with more or less membranous margins. Calyx-tube with neither hairs nor border ; 
petals 5, united into a short tube and spreading into a flat, strap-shaped limb (ligulate), or united 
into a tube and separating into 5 short teeth (tubular) ; stamens 5, with united anthers, or o ; 
carpels 2. Fruit an achene without any crown or hairs (pappus). Herbs with alternate, stalkless 
(sessile) leaves, which are toothed (serrate) or much divided. 
Common Yarrow, Milfoil. (Achillea Millefolium, Linn.) — As just described. Flower- 
heads small, about \ inch across, in dense terminal clusters (corymbs). The outer florets white or 
pink, the inner white or pinkish, with yellow anthers and styles. Stems 3-18 inches high, leafy, 
slightly woolly. Leaves strap-shaped, all twice or thrice divided to the midrib (bi- or tri-pinnatifid), 
into narrow segments dull green. \Plate 68. 
Very common. Waste grounds, waysides, pastures. May — September. Perennial. 
