Bellis annua

A small, annual daisy, often little-hairy, with a few small leaves, and small flower heads. The leaves may be distinctly-toothed, and may occur on the flower stem (check several plants). The seeds (achenes) are finely-short hairy.

Native to Mediterranean countries and eastward to Iran.^[1]

subsp. annua has leaves to 2.5 cm and flower heads to 1.5 cm with 20-30 ray petals. Range as per species ^[2]

subsp. vandasii (Velen.) D. A. Webb has larger leaves (to 5 cm) and larger flower heads (1.2-2 cm), range Central Bulgaria - listed in Flora Europaea but not on Plants of the World.

subsp. microcephala (Lange) Nyman has very small flower heads (5-10 mm) with acute hispid involucral bracts under the flowerhead. Native to Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia. ^[3]

subsp. minuta (DC.) Meikle has shortened ray petals. Native to Cyprus, Italy, Kriti, Palestine, Sardegna. Those on Cyprus being generally this subsp.^[4]

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Some similar species include -

B. perennis - Perennial with larger often fairly dense leaves (to 6 cm) that are not on the stem and usually not pointedly-toothed. It has a larger flower head (1.5-3 cm) with more ray petals (30-50).

B. sylvestris - Perennial, like B. perennis but with longer flower stems (10-45 cm) and longer (3-18 cm) leaves with 3 veins that gradually narrow to their base, and slightly larger flower head (2-4 cm).^[5][6]