- Argyranthemum (marguerite daisy)
The name "daisy" is considered a corruption of "day's eye",[12] because the whole head closes at night and opens in the morning. Chaucer called it "eye of the day". In Medieval times, Bellis perennis or the English Daisy was commonly known as "Mary's Rose".[13] It is also known as bone flower.[14]
The English Daisy is also considered to be a flower of children and innocence.[15]
Daisy is used as a girl's name and as a nickname for girls named Margaret, after the French name for the oxeye daisy, marguerite.
Argyranthemum (marguerite, marguerite daisy, dill daisy) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Members of this genus are sometimes also placed in the genus Chrysanthemum.[2][3]
The genus is endemic to Macaronesia, occurring only on the Canary Islands, the Savage Islands, and Madeira.[4]
Argyranthemum frutescens is recorded as a food plant of the leaf-mining larva of the moth Bucculatrix chrysanthemella.
Culinary[edit]
This daisy may be used as a potherb. Young leaves can be eaten raw in salads[16] or cooked, noting that the leaves become increasingly astringent with age.[7] Flower buds and petals can be eaten raw in sandwiches, soups and salads.[8] It is also used as a tea and as a vitamin supplement.[2]
Herbal medicine[edit]
Bellis perennis has astringent properties and has been used in herbal medicine.[17] In ancient Rome, the surgeons who accompanied Roman legions into battle would order their slaves to pick sacks full of daisies in order to extract their juice; bellum, Latin for "war", may be the origin of this plant's scientific name. Bandages were soaked in this juice and would then be used to bind sword and spear cuts.
Bellis perennis is still used in homeopathy for wounds and after certain surgical procedures,[18][unreliable source?] as well as for blunt trauma in animals.[19][20][unreliable source?]Typically, the plant is harvested while in flower when intended for use in homeopathy.[8]
Bellis perennis flowers have been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea (or the leaves as a salad) for treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract.[21]
Other uses[edit]
Daisies have traditionally been used for making daisy chains in children's games.[22]
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