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Chrysanthemum x morifolium (Ramat.) Hemsl.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Chrysanthemum

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It grows 30 cm-2.2 m tall and spreads 30-90 cm wide. The stems can are branched and can be erect or spreading. They have a strong smell. The leaves have lobes along the stalk. The leaves are 12 cm long. The flowers can be single or double and 2.5-30 cm across. They can be white, yellow, pink or red.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.75 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.55 - 1.25
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. Some cultivated varieties need a temperature above 10°C.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The flowerheads are boiled and served as a salad with fish. They are seasoned with soy sauce or vinegar. The leaves are used in fritters and made into tea. The young shoots are chopped, cooked with rice, jujube, lycium berry and made into a gruel.
Uses medicinal tea
Edible flowers leaves
Therapeutic use Anti-inflammatory agents (aerial part), Anti-inflammatory agents (flower), Antineoplastic agents (flower), Appetite stimulants (flower), Laxatives (flower), Acne vulgaris (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Antinematodal agents (leaf), Headache (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Migraine disorders (leaf), Oral ulcer (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Anti-inflammatory agents (stem), Abscess (unspecified), Alexiteric (unspecified), Antiphlogistic (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Boil (unspecified), Collyrium (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Digestive (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Infection (unspecified), Insecticide (unspecified), Migraine (unspecified), Mump (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Aperient (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Encephalomyelitis (unspecified), Head (unspecified), Adenopathy (unspecified), Alopecia (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cancer(Breast) (unspecified), Cold (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Hearing (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Preventitive (unspecified), Sight (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Preventative (Gray Hair) (unspecified), Antivinous (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Heat rash (unspecified), Pediculicide (unspecified), Pulicide (unspecified), Tubercle (unspecified), Hernia (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Resolvent (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Gastrointestinal diseases (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (whole plant)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 18
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Chrysanthemum x morifolium world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77111328-1
WFO ID wfo-0000747445
COL ID 5YL97
BDTFX ID 17213
INPN ID 91076
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Synonyms

Matricaria morifolia Dendranthema sinensis Tanacetum morifolium Anthemis stipulacea Dendranthema nankingense Tanacetum sinense Dendranthema morifolium Chrysanthemum stipulaceum Dendranthema grandiflorum Pyrethrum sinense Matricaria indica Chrysanthemum x sinense Pyrethrum x sinense Tanacetum x sinense Tanacetum x morifolium Dendranthema x grandiflora Anthemis x grandiflora Matricaria x morifolia Anthemis x stipulacea Chrysanthemum x sabinii Chrysanthemum x hortorum Chrysanthemum x morifolium Pyrethrum indicum Chrysanthemum procumbens Chrysanthemum maximoviczianum Dendranthema sinense Chrysanthemum sabini Anthemis grandiflora Chrysanthemum hortorum Matricaria indica Chrysanthemum sinense Chrysanthemum indicum Chrysanthemum sinense var. hortense Chrysanthemum indicum var. maruyamanum Chrysanthemum indicum var. tsurugisanense Chrysanthemum morifolium var. sinense Chrysanthemum indicum var. iyoense Chrysanthemum indicum var. purpureum Chrysanthemum morifolium var. gracile Chrysanthemum morifolium f. japonense
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