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Globularia vulgaris
Also called Common Globe Daisy
Common blue daisy (Globularia vulgaris) is a small perennial of the plantain family with blue globe-shaped flower heads, native to limestone and dry grassland areas of southern Europe and the Baltic islands. It is grown mainly as a rock garden or alpine-style plant in full sun and well-drained soil.
Globularia vulgaris is a plant belonging to the genus Globularia, in the family Plantaginaceae.
It has a very disjunct distribution: One population in the mountains of southern France and north-central and eastern Spain; and another population on the islands Öland and Gotland in the Baltic Sea.
Globularia alypum · Globularia amygdalifolia · Globularia ascanii · Common Globularia · Heart-leaf Globe Daisy · Globularia meridionalis · Willow Leaved Globe Flower · Globularia sarcophylla · Globularia trichosantha · Globe Flowers
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Globularia vulgaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
