Scientific name:
Leucanthemum vulgare General: Perennial from a well-developed, woody rhizome, typically smelling strongly of sage; stems 20-80 cm tall, simple or once branched, hairless to slightly hairy.
Leaves: Basal leaves stalked, broadly or narrowly spoon-shaped, with rounded teeth and lobes on the margin; stem leaves alternate, becoming stalkless upwards, oblong, toothed to lobed.
Flowers: Ray flowers white, 1-2 cm long; disks yellow, 1-2 cm across; heads solitary at ends of branches.
Fruits: Achenes black, with about 10 white ribs; no pappus.
Ecology: Fields, meadows, roadsides, clearings; primarily at low elevations in the settled portions of the southern half of our region, but also established on the Queen Charlotte Islands and in southeast Alaska.