Why do daisies survive mowing?

They grow low rosettes of leaves

Daisies Quiz: Can You Get 8 Out of 10?

What looks like one daisy is really hundreds of tiny flowers packed together, and this daisies quiz shows how the trick works. Meet the common lawn daisy of Europe, calming chamomile, colorful gerberas from South Africa and the vast Asteraceae family that includes sunflowers and lettuce.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Composite
What is a daisy flower head made of?
Name
Where does the name daisy come from?
Family
Which plant family includes daisies?
Relatives
Which plant is a daisy relative?
Tea
Which daisy-like plant is used for calming tea?
Gerbera
Where do gerbera daisies come from?
Chains
What do children traditionally make from daisies?
Pyrethrum
Which natural insecticide comes from a daisy relative?
Lawns
Why do daisies survive mowing?
Rays
What are the white petal-like parts of a daisy?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What is a daisy flower head made of?
Answer: Many tiny florets
Disc and ray florets work together.
Q2: Where does the name daisy come from?
Answer: Day's eye
It opens at dawn and closes at dusk.
Q3: Which plant family includes daisies?
Answer: Asteraceae
It is one of the largest plant families.
Q4: Which plant is a daisy relative?
Answer: Lettuce
Sunflowers and artichokes are too.
Q5: Which daisy-like plant is used for calming tea?
Answer: Chamomile
It has apple-scented flowers.
Q6: Where do gerbera daisies come from?
Answer: South Africa
They are popular cut flowers.
Q7: What do children traditionally make from daisies?
Answer: Daisy chains
Stems are threaded through slits.
Q8: Which natural insecticide comes from a daisy relative?
Answer: Pyrethrum
It comes from chrysanthemums.
Q9: Why do daisies survive mowing?
Answer: They grow low rosettes of leaves
Their leaves sit below the blades.
Q10: What are the white petal-like parts of a daisy?
Answer: Ray florets
The yellow center holds disc florets.

Daisies Quiz – More Than Meets the Eye

Daisies belong to the Asteraceae family, one of the largest plant families, with over 32,000 species. What looks like a single daisy flower is actually a composite head of many tiny florets, with yellow disc florets in the center and white ray florets around the edge.

The common daisy grows in lawns across Europe, closing at night and opening at dawn, which gave it the name day's eye. Relatives include chamomile, sunflowers, marigolds, chrysanthemums, lettuce and artichokes.

Daisies are useful to people and wildlife. Chamomile makes soothing tea, pyrethrum from chrysanthemums is a natural insecticide and daisy flowers feed bees and hoverflies. Gerberas from South Africa are among the world's most popular cut flowers.

What This Quiz Teaches

Gardeners and young nature fans will enjoy these questions.

What a daisy head is made of
Where the name comes from
Which plants are relatives
Which daisies make tea
How daisies survive mowing

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