What kind of plant is chrysanthemum?

Chrysanthemum is one of the top ten famous flowers in China, one of the four gentlemen, and one of the four cut flowers in the world, with extremely high yield. There are many poems about chrysanthemums in ancient China, which shows that chrysanthemums have been loved since they were very young. Chrysanthemum has become a very valuable ornamental flower after long-term selection and cultivation, and its varieties have been increasing with the extension of cultivation time.

chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum is a perennial herb with a height of 60- 150 cm. Stems erect, branched or unbranched, pilose. Leaves alternate, short-stalked, ovate to lanceolate, 5- 15 cm long, pinnately lobed or cleft, cuneate at the base, white pubescent at the lower part, coarsely serrated or deeply lobed at the edge, and cuneate at the base and stalk. The flower heads are solitary or clustered at the top of stems and branches, with a diameter of 2.5-20 cm and different sizes, and one or several are clustered at the top of stems and branches; Because of different varieties, there are great differences. The involucral bracts are multi-layered, the outer layer is green, strip-shaped, the edge is membranous, and the outer side is pilose; Tongue flowers are white, red, purple or yellow. Colors are red, yellow, white, orange, purple, pink, crimson and so on. There are many varieties cultivated, which are varied in size and variety. Shapes range from single petals to flat petals and spoon petals, among which tubular flowers are often specialized into various tongue-shaped flowers. Flowering: September-165438+1October. Stamens, pistils and fruits are mostly underdeveloped.

Chinese name: Chrysanthemum

Latin scientific name: chrysanthemum (Ramat. )Tzvel。

Nicknames: Shouke, Jinying, Huanghua, Qiuju, Taoju, Rijing, Nvhua, Yannian and Hermit Flower.

Field: the field of plants

Phylum: Angiosperm phylum

Category: Dicotyledonous plants

Subclass: sympodial flowers

Objective: Campanulaceae.

Family: Compositae

Yayako; carduoideae kitam

Ethnic group: Huang Ju ethnic group in spring.

Genus: Chrysanthemum

Type: Chrysanthemum

Synonymous scientific name: chrysanthemum

Name and year: Ramat. , 1792.

English name: flowers Dendranthema