[2] Species range naturally from Europe through the Caucasus, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Siberia to the Russian Far East.

The name Leucanthemum derives from the Greek words λευκός – leukos ("white") and ἄνθεμον – anthemon ("flower").

The plant produces one erect stem usually reaching 40 to 130 centimeters tall, but known to exceed 2 meters at times.

The Leucanthemum head has about 13 to 34 ray florets of various widths, occasionally more, and rarely none.

[3] Leucanthemum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the bucculatricid leaf-miners Bucculatrix argentisignella, B. leucanthemella, and B. nigricomella, which feed exclusively on Leucanthemum vulgare.