Chrysanthemum pacificum

Chrysanthemum pacificum, commonly called gold and silver chrysanthemum,[1] is a flowering plant in the aster family. It is native to Japan, where it is endemic to the island of Honshū. Its natural habitat is along the Pacific coast, where it often grows on ocean cliffs.[2][3]

Chrysanthemum pacificum
Wild specimen on cliffs in Miura, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysanthemum
Species:
C. pacificum
Binomial name
Chrysanthemum pacificum
Synonyms
  • Ajania pacifica (Nakai) K. Bremer & Humphries
  • Dendranthema pacificum (Nakai) Kitam.

It is a showy plant, blooming in late fall and producing yellow heads of flowers.[1] It was introduced into U.S. gardening catalogs in 1989,[4] and has been in cultivation in Japan since an early date.[3]

  • Overhead view of flowers in cultivation

References
  1. Ajania pacifica, Missouri Botanical Garden,
  2. Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 891.
  3. Dendranthema pacificum (in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory
  4. Lacy, Allen (1989-01-05). "A GARDENER'S WORLD; A Plant Almost Too Good to Be True". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
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