Buphthalmum
(from bous, an ox, and ophthalmos, the eye; the disk of the flower being ox-eye-like). Oxeye. ORD. Compositae. Very showy and ornamental hardy perennial plants, thriving freely in common garden soil. They are propagated by divisions, made in autumn or spring.
B. grandiflorum (large-flowered).* fl.-heads yellow, large; involucre naked. June to October. l. alternate-lanceolate, some-what toothleted, smooth. h. 1 1/2ft. Austria, 1722. Hardy herbaceous perennial.
B. salicifolium (Willow-leaved).* fl.-heads yellow, solitary, rather large, terminal; involucre naked. June. l. alternate, oblong-lanceolate, sub-serrated, three-nerved, villous. h. 1 1/2ft. Austria, 1759. B. speciosissimum (showiest).* fl.-heads yellow. July. h. 2ft. South Europe, 1826. SYN. Telekia speciosissima.