Oxeye Daisy , Chrysanthemum leucanthemum or Leucanthemum vulgare, is an edible and medicinal wildflower that can be seen between April and August. The flowers and leaves make a nice tea. It was used medicinally as an eye wash, fever medicine and a remedy for chapped hands.

Oxeye Daisy Sources:

Audubon Guides Box Set – Birds, Tree, Wildflowers & Mammals. Computer Software.Green Mountain Digital. Version: 2.3. Web. Jul 10, 2014.

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Foster, Steven and James A. Duke. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America. 2nd. ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000. Print. pg. 96-97

Moerman Daniel E., Native American Ethnobotany, Portland: Timber Press. 1998. Print. pg. 302-303

Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb’s Wildflower Guide. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1977. Print. pg. 380-381

Peterson, Lee Allen. The Peterson Field Guide Series; A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants; Eastern and Central North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977. Print. pg. 58-59

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