Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: florist's daisy, Chrysanthemum

Family: Asteraceae (Aster)

Life form: Evergreen perennial

Usage: Horticultural, Medicinal, edible

Comments: Chrysanthemums are popular horticultural plants, originally derived from an unidentified or extincy wild maternal parent and a range of wild paternal parent species. They have subsequently been bred into a dazzling array of cultivars and forms, including food varieties used for their tender shoots in Asian cuisine.