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Chrysanthemum makinoi / Ryuunougiku リュウノウギク

Bloom time: October-November

   
Family:
 
Asteraceae /
  Kikuka


 

Species in the genus Chrysanthemum:


Chrysanthemum indicum / Shimakangiku
Chrysanthemum indicum var. maruyamanum /
Ottachikangik
Chrysanthemum japonens var. debile / Setonojigiku
Chrysanthemum makinoi / Ryuunougiku
Chrysanthemum okiense / Okinoaburagiku
Chrysanthemum x aphrodite / San'ingiku
Chrysanthemum x shimotomaii / Nijigahamagiku

 
   

Chrysanthemum makinoi / Ryuunougiku リュウノウギク

 

With a borneol-like fragrance in stems and leaves, Chrysanthemum makinoi, a perennial, grows on sunny slopes in fields or mountains; it is 40-80cm tall and branches sparsely. Leaves are in the shape of an ovate or broad ovate of 4-8cm long, generally cleft in three, and the back sides gray. Head flowers measure 2.5-5cm in diameter; lay florets are white, occasionally tinge light red. Bracts are 7mm long and hemispherical. Involucral bracts, all in the same size, ouch in 3 columns. Bloom time: October-November.

                     
                   
                     

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