{"id":119429,"date":"2025-03-11T16:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T16:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=119429"},"modified":"2026-04-25T16:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:36:36","slug":"an-introduction-to-the-daisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/","title":{"rendered":"An Introduction to the Daisy (Asteraceae) family"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-119429 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/disk-and-ray-floret-min\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-50x50.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/ragwort-flower-kelly-min-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-fam-aster-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-fam-kelly-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/aster-daisy-fam-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-450x450.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Daisy family, scientifically known as Asteraceae, is the largest family of flowering plants in the world having over 32,000 species! It comprises mostly herbaceous plants especially in the UK, and makes up a huge portion of our most showy and valued flowers. Asteraceae is so large it&#8217;s incredibly varied, and the only shared characteristic within the family are the flowers which we will explore in more detail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Forager Kelly<\/p>\n<h2><b>Uses and edibility<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loved by herbalists for its plethora of medicinal properties from plants like Echinacea, Arnica, Milk thistle and Chamomile to name a few. Some of our food crops come from the Daisy family like lettuce, sunflowers and artichokes. For the forager it\u2019s a real mixture, there&#8217;s some wonderful edibles but <\/span><span class=\"yKMVIe\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\">unfortunately <\/span>some poisonous ones too. There are no golden rules to pick out the edibles unfortunately like there are in some other families. However you can, from the flowers at least narrow it down to the Asteraceae family which is a huge win!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just please be aware some individuals can be sensitive to this family &#8211; learn more about it <a href=\"https:\/\/urban-herbology.org\/2021\/01\/05\/8-daisy\/#:~:text=It%20tends%20to%20cause%20contact,possibly%20also%20in%20the%20pollen.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><b>A few of best edible in the Family for the Forager&#8230;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2018\/11\/10\/dandelion-identification-taraxacum-officinale\/\">Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale<\/a>), <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2023\/01\/05\/chicory-chichorium-intybus-identification\/\">Chicory (Chichorium intybus)<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/29\/identify-yarrow\/\">Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2021\/04\/13\/identify-mugwort\/\">Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris),<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2022\/01\/12\/ox-eye-daisy-leucanthemum-vulgare-identification\/\">Ox eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2022\/02\/08\/common-daisy-bellis-perennis-identification-guide\/\">Common daisy (Bellis perennis)<\/a>, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/29\/identify-burdock\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Burdock (Aarctium lappa)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-119429 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/11\/22\/coltsfoot-tussilago-farfara-identification\/coltsfoot-close-up-of-the-flower-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Coltsfoot-close-up-of-the-flower-min-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Coltsfoot-close-up-of-the-flower-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Coltsfoot-close-up-of-the-flower-min-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Coltsfoot-close-up-of-the-flower-min.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/chicory-shot-of-the-flower-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Chicory-shot-of-the-flower-min-300x292.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Chicory-shot-of-the-flower-min-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Chicory-shot-of-the-flower-min-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Chicory-shot-of-the-flower-min-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Chicory-shot-of-the-flower-min.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/yarrow-close-up-of-the-flower-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yarrow-close-up-of-the-flower-min-300x292.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yarrow-close-up-of-the-flower-min-300x292.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yarrow-close-up-of-the-flower-min-150x146.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yarrow-close-up-of-the-flower-min-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Yarrow-close-up-of-the-flower-min.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-1-293x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-1-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-1-147x150.jpg 147w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-1-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-1.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Some of the poisonous Daisies to watch out for&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2022\/03\/04\/ragwort-senecio-jacobaea-identification-guide\/\">Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119435 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-84x150.jpg 84w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-900x1600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119443 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Groundsel-close-up-of-the-flowers-min-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Groundsel-close-up-of-the-flowers-min-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Groundsel-close-up-of-the-flowers-min-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Groundsel-close-up-of-the-flowers-min.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Winter heliotrope (Petasites pyrenaicus)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_119444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-119444\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-119444 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Winter-helitrope-min-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Winter-helitrope-min-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Winter-helitrope-min-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Winter-helitrope-min.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-119444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Fabre, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR &lt;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/fr\/deed.en&gt;, via Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>How to Identify the Daisies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aster as in Asteraceae means star, named for the shape of the flowers. The majority of the flowers in this family have what&#8217;s called disk inflorescence or compound (composed of two or more) flower heads.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A flower as we know generally means the seed bearing part of the plant containing the reproductive organs, but in different species of plants there may be one individual seed producing structure then surrounded by petals or if in the daisy family, multiple or even 100s together forming a central disk surrounded by petals ( known as ray florets).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An excellent example of this magnified is a sunflower, which I&#8217;m sure you will have noticed is a central disk of many seeds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-119436 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-273x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"273\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min-137x150.png 137w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/disk-and-ray-floret-min.png 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. A central disk on the flower<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-119429 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-fam-aster-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-aster-min-scaled-e1740051235881-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-450x450.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/helianthus-daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740051285448-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-e1740051347272-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-e1740051347272-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-e1740051347272-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-flower-min-e1740051347272-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-family-close-up-of-the-flower-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-the-flower-min-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-the-flower-min-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-the-flower-min-e1740051372586-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Daisy-family-close-up-of-the-flower-min-e1740051372586-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>2. Large number of petals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-119429 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/sasha-daisy-kelly-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sasha-daisy-kelly-min-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sasha-daisy-kelly-min-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sasha-daisy-kelly-min-450x450.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sasha-daisy-kelly-min-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sasha-daisy-kelly-min-50x50.jpeg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/aster-daisy-fam-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/aster-daisy-fam-min-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/ragwort-flower-kelly-min-1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ragwort-flower.-kelly-min-1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2025\/03\/11\/an-introduction-to-the-daisy\/daisy-fam-kelly-min\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/daisy-fam-kelly-min-scaled-e1740050878704-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vast majority of daisy family flowers have numerous petals, for any flowers with 8-30 plus petals I would start my inquiry in this family first. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However there are a few exceptions like <a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/29\/identify-yarrow\/\">Yarrow<\/a> with 5 and <a href=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/identify-pineapple-weed\/\">Pineapple Weed<\/a> with none.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now hopefully on your walks you\u2019ll feel more confident on recognising the Daisy family!<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Daisy family, scientifically known as Asteraceae, is the largest family of flowering plants in the world having over 32,000 species! It comprises mostly herbaceous plants especially in the UK, and makes up a huge portion of our most showy and valued flowers. 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