Ox Eye Daisy, St Peter's Churchyard
Introduction
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Ox Eye Daisy, St Peter's Churchyard
Image: © Maigheach-gheal Taken: 29 May 2011
The name daisy is derived from 'day's eye', a reference to the fact that the flower opens wide during the day, and closes up again at night. Daisies are part of a much larger group of plants called the Compositae, or composite flower, because each bloom is made up of dozens of tiny florets.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.98108
Longitude
-1.605078