The term generally refers to the english, or true daisy (bellis perennis) but can also refer to the oxeye daisy (leucanthemum vulgare). The traditional daisy type flowering plants most often have 15 to 30 … Daisy, any of several species of flowering plants belonging to the aster family (asteraceae).

Daisy is used as a feminine name, and sometimes as a nickname for people named margaret, after the french name for the oxeye daisy, marguerite. The daisy is the national flower of the netherlands.