Bellis perennis L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCompositae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Bellis// Species: Bellis perennis L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Webb (1976 in Tutin et al.).

Lifeform: Perennial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Central Asia and Iran; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat:  Pastures, grasslands, edges of woods and forest, near rivers.

Flowering period: Spring to early summer (APR, MAY, JUN).

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska’ River. Date: 10.04.2021.

Bellis perennis – habit. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 10.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – capitula. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 10.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – involucre. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 10.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – plant base with basal rosette. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 10.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska’ River. Date: 30.04.2021.

Bellis perennis – habit. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – habit. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – habit. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – capitula. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – capitula. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – involucre. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – leaves. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – leaves. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – leaves. Osogovo, Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 30.04.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

Locality: gorge of “Kochanska’ River. Date: 17.04.2020.

Bellis perennis – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 17.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – capitula. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 17.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Bellis perennis – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 17.04.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Bellis perennis. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/0eb6ca37-3365-4af5-a800-8fc4b8c366fa [Accessed 25.02.2026].

Bellis perennis L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:184409-1 [Accessed 30.01.2022].

Webb, D. A. 1976. Bellis L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Last update: 25.02.2026.