''Chrysanthemum pacificum'', commonly called gold and silver chrysanthemum,
[''Ajania pacifica'']
Missouri Botanical Garden, is a species of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
in the
aster family. It is native to
Japan, where it is endemic to the island of
Honshu
, historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island se ...
. Its natural habitat is along the Pacific coast, where it often grows on ocean cliffs.
[''Dendranthema pacificum'']
(in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory
Description
It is a showy plant, blooming in late fall and producing yellow heads of flowers.
[ It was introduced into U.S. gardening catalogs in 1989,][
File:Chrysanthemum pacificum.jpg, Overhead view of flowers in cultivation
]
References
pacificum
Flora of Japan
Endemic flora of Japan
Taxa named by Takenoshin Nakai
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