Chrysanthemum
Also known as Florist's daisy, Hardy garden mum, mum
Chrysanthemums ( ), sometimes abbreviated to mums or chrysanths, are perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that bloom in the autumn. They are native to East Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia, and the center of diversity is in China. Many thousands of horticultural varieties and cultivars exist.
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Chrysanthemums are autumn-blooming flowering plants native to East Asia and northeastern Europe, with the greatest variety found in China. They are popular in horticulture, with thousands of cultivated varieties bred from the original species.
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Species
Chrysanthemum
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAltay, Amur, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Inner Mongolia
Common Name: buyidan (Hind)
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32 sectionsContents
- Description
- Etymology
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Ecology
- Cultivation
- Classification
- Uses
- Ornamental uses
- Culinary uses
- Insecticidal uses
- Environmental uses
- In culture
- East Asia
- China
- Japan
- Korea
- West Asia
- Iran
- Oceania
- Australia
- North America
- United States
- Europe
- Italy
- Poland
- United Kingdom
- Gallery
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- References
- Bibliography
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Chrysanthemums ( ), sometimes abbreviated to mums or chrysanths, are perennial herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae that bloom in the autumn. They are native to East Asia and northeastern Europe. Most species originate from East Asia, and the center of diversity is in China. Many thousands of horticultural varieties and cultivars exist.
== Description == thumb|Historical painting of chrysanthemums from the New International Encyclopedia, 1902 thumb|Pollen