The flower of April is a daisy. These are wild flowers associated with innocence and love. There Latin name is Bellis perennis, which means "pretty" and "everlasting". Daisies belong to the Asteraceae family, previously named the Compositae. Daisy relatives are a variety of plants such as the edible lettuce, sunflowers, dandelions, asters, goldenrod, thistle and chamomile. Even daisy family members are spices including sage, tarragon, artichoke and chicory. Daisies contain a lot of vitamin C.
Daisies are edible and can be eaten both raw, cooked, brewed in tea, in salads, and as a cake decoration. Traditionally daisies are used as a healing herb. It was used to cure bleeding, bronchitis, aches and pains. This flower was added as medicine to cure stiff joints and pain suffered by gardeners, farmers and peasants. Daisies were used to treat wounds and cuts. Extract from daisies are used in medicine therapies for people with cancer.
The daisy flower is sacred to Freya, the Norse goddess of love and beauty. Used as a fertility symbol, daisies are associated with childbirth, motherhood and Spring. In Greek mythology, daisies grew wherever the goddess Persephone walked. Daisies are also connected to many goddesses including Ostara, Venus and Aphrodite. In Roman mythology, a beautiful nymph named Belides created daisies by first trying to flee the affections of a god, and so she changed herself into a daisy.
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