Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum means "golden flower". Chrysanthemums have been cultivated in China for more than two thousand years and in many other parts of Asia and Europe for almost as long. Some species have been used in flavourings and medicines and a useful insecticide can be extracted from Pyrethrum Chrysanthemum coccineum. Many of the cultivated varieties have mostly ray-florets with the disk-florets insignificant or even absent. [CH] {FW}