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The botanical name of the Shasta Daisy is Leucanthemum x superbum. It is a hybrid of several daisy species.
Buy a shorter variety of Shasta Daisy.
The daisy is from a family called Asteraceae.
Luther Burbank
A flower that starts with SH is the Shasta daisy.
Certain daisies are classified as wildflowers. Some of those considered wildflowers are the African Daisy, the Gloiosa Daisy, the OxEye Daisy, and the Shasta Daisy.
There are many daisy flower types; this species of flower is as beautiful as it is varied. The various types of daisies are Blue Daisy, Lazy Daisy or Prairie Daisy, African Daisy, Giant Daisy, African Daisy, Kingfisher Daisy, Sunshine Daisy, Gerbera Daisy, Transvaal Daisy or Barberton Daisy, Tahoka Daisy, Livingstone Daisy, Gloriosa Daisy, Dahlberg Daisy, Butter Daisy, Michaelmas Daisy, Swan River Daisy, Tatarian Daisy, Painted Daisy, Paris Daisy, Shasta Daisy, Crown-Daisy, Ox-eye Daisy and Nippon Oxeye Daisy. Among all the daisy flower types, the most popular ones are the Shasta Daisy and African Daisy.
Daisies grow all over the world except Antarctica. The Shasta daisy was developed by Luther Burbank in California.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Chrysanthemum x superbum.
The number of stamens a daisy has depends on the number of disk flowers in the daisy. A daisy has two types of flowers that make the whole flower. The center is where the disk flowers are located. The rays are sterile.
This is more than likely Cosmos. Did this come up from a wildflower seed?
A dandelion is not a daisy, they are two completely different plants. The dandelion has a tap root (looks like a white carrot) and likes cool weather and sunshine. Its genus is Taraxacum.A daisy likes hot, sunny weather and does not have a tap root. The common shasta daisy is in the genus Leucanthemum.