[Flora and Fauna] : Daisy Flower

DAISY FLOWERS

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How are you? This is my first post on 2018!

Yeeay, so before I late, I want to say Happy New Year!

In this new year, I want to share an information about one of a beautiful flower in the world.

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Bellis perennis is a common European species of daisy, of the Asteraceae family, often considered the archetypal species of that name.

Scientific classification of daisy flower is it from kingdom Plantae, clade Asterids, order Asterales, family Asteraceae, genus Bellis, and species Bellis perennis.

The physical characteristics of daisies are highly varied from one species to the next. The outer petals, more accurately described as the petals of the ray flowers, come in many different colors, including yellow, white, lavender, blue, red and orange. Petals can be serrated or smooth and may be short or long, compared to the central disc. The central disc is often yellow but can come in other colors, like blue, deep red or purple. Daisy fragrances vary; some daisies have an unpleasant scent meant to attract flies for pollination.

Daisy flower has a life cycle, that is:

1. Seed Stage

The plant life cycle starts with a seed; every seed holds a miniature plant called the embryo. A typical daisy can have as many as 250 flowers in a single flower head. So one plant can produce a huge number of seeds. Each seed is dispersed by means of a hairy structure called a pappus, which is attached to the seed and acts like a parachute, allowing the seed to float on wind.

2. Mature Plant

Some daisy species are annual, lasting only one year, and some are biennial. A biennial daisy grows from seed its first year, doesn't flower that year but flowers during its second year before dying. That kind of daisy species perpetuates itself by producing and dispersing seeds.

3. Flower

Although 38 plant species spread across 22 genera have common names that include the word "daisy," all daisy species are members of the family Asteraceae, which also is called Compositae. The plants in this family all produce daisylike, composite flowers.

4. Propagation

It's not difficult to propagate daisies in a garden, and sometimes it may be difficult to control them. Annual and biennial species spread easily on their own with their parachute-clad seeds, and they tend to come back reliably season after season.

source : https://www.hunker.com/12624670/the-life-cycle-of-a-
daisy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellis_perennis

Question:

1. From where daisy flower is actually come?

2. How long it grows to be buds?

3. How long it life spans?

4. What is it common name in Indonesia?

5. Is daisy flower have any function beside for decoration?