Mediterranean Region, China

Chrysanthemum Flower Types

C. areticum Arctic Chrysanthemum C. x morifolium
(C. hortorum)		 Hardy Chrysanthemum
Florists' Mums
C. balsamita Costmary C. nipponicum Nippon Oxeye Daisy
C. carinaturn
(C. tricolor)		 Tricolor or Annual Chrysanthemum C. parthenium
(Matricaria capensis)		 Feverfew
C. coccineum 
(C. roseum)		 Pyrethrum, Painted Daisy C. x rubellum  
C. coreanum Korean Daisy C. segeturn Corn Chrysanthemum
C. coronarium Crown Daisy Chrysanthemum C. serotinum Giant Daisy
C. elnenriifolium Dalmatian Pyrethrum C. x superbum Shasta Daisy
C. frutescens Marguerite, Paris daisy Pyrethrum hybridum Painted Daisy, Pyrethrum
C. maximum   Pyrethrum parthenium Feverfew
       

Species Hgt
(ft)		 Flower
Color		 Flower
Time		 Leaf
Shape
C. coccineum 1-2 various early summer finely divided
C. x morifolium 1-3 various fall lobed
C. parthenium 1-3 white, yellow summer lobed, cut to midrib
C. x rubellum 2-3 various fall lobed
C. x superbum 2-2½ white summer coarsely toothed

* Guides and Keys are from the book "Herbaceous Perennial Plants A Treatise on their Identification, Culture and Garden Attributes" by Dr Allan M. Armitage of the University of Georgia. Varsity Press, Athens, Georgia. 1989 ISBN 0-942375-00. More on Dr Armitage and his other books.

 
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