Daisy-like flowers are scattered here and there around the pond. Most are the Ox-eye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare, a common wild flower.
This flower, German Chamomile Matricaria chamomilla, is another plant grown in some places as a crop. The flowers contain a blue essential oil that is distilled and used in health care and beauty products.
German Chamomile has an upright stem that branches with fine fern-like foliage and multiple flowers that do look like small daisies.
In some places this plant is considered a nuisance weed. We (and the pollinators) enjoy its presence as a bright spot among green wildflowers, grasses, sedges, and rushes circling the pond.
