Self-tutoring about plants I notice: the tutor shares a recent find.

I think this is mayweed; I noticed it as I crossed a field.

What caught my eye was the flowers – specifically, their large yellow centres surrounded by white petals that are small, compared to what a daisy might have. Moreover, the yellow centre is conical rather than flat; it’s much deeper than a daisy’s.

Mayweed grows on disturbed sites, and one assumes it flowers in May. Although I didn’t have time to revisit it, guide in hand, I believe the identification.

Source:

Pojar, Jim and Andy MacKinnon. Plants of Coastal British Columbia. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing and BC Ministry of Forests, 1994.

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