Daisy Flowers

Daisy Flowers

The "flower" of a daisy is really lots of tiny flowers all massed together in an eye-catching head. This attracts pollinating insects even though each individual flower is much reduced in size and complexity. In the typical daisy head the centre is made up of very small flowers with stamens and pistils and each "ray" of the head which looks like a petal is a separate flower with all its petals fused into a coloured strap. [CH] {TP}