Family |
Asteraceae
Bellis perennis
L.
Bellis perennis L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, Pl. CCI nº 3; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Stemless perennial, densely covered with thick papillae-bearing hairs; 10–25 cm tall.
Leaves: All basal, forming a rosette; obovate to spatulate, very obtuse, with a single vein, entire or slightly crenate, abruptly attenuate into a broad petiole.
Inflorescence & flowers: Scapes exceeding the leaves. Involucre blackish, with obtuse bracts. Ligules more than twice as long as the involucre, white with a slight pink tinge, narrow.
Fruit: Obovate, compressed achenes; pappus absent.
Phenology: Flowers throughout the year.
Habitat & elevation: Rocky soils.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Nahr el-Kelb, Akkar plain, Tripoli; Mi. below Beit Méri; Mm. Jabal Sannine, Col de Jezzine, Jabal Qamou‘a, Hasroun, stream of Ehden, Dimane, between Ehden and Bazoun; Met. Zahlé.
Syrian distribution: Baalbek, El Qa‘a; A.L. Ma‘ara to Yabroud; Herm. lower Hermon; Dam. Damascus, Mezzé, Marj el-Akh Dar, Outaya, Ouadi Barada, Doumar; St. Qaryatein; Sy. Afrine, Aleppo; J.D. above Salé, fountain of the Bedouins above Soueida, Kafer; WHoms. NW of Homs.
Native range: Albania, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. (KEW)
Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alaska, Antipodean Is., Azores, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Chatham Is., Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Falkland Is., Finland, Føroyar, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Kentucky, Korea, Kuril Is., Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Myanmar, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Tasmania, Tennessee, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin. (KEW)