What are the characteristics of chrysanthemums? What is the shape of chrysanthemums?

1. Features

1. Unique flower shape: Speaking of chrysanthemums, many people think of the pattern on the back of the 1 yuan coin. Its unique shape is fresh in people's memory, but it is worth mentioning that although it looks like a flower, it is actually a capitulum. Each petal-like thing is a ligulate flower. Capitulum generally has ligulate flowers and tubular flowers, and one of its major characteristics is that the tubular flowers are specialized into ligulate flowers, so the shape is very unique.

2. Fruit sterility: As mentioned above, chrysanthemum has a capitulate inflorescence, which is divided into tubular flowers and ligulate flowers. The ligulate flowers are sterile and usually do not contain stamens and pistils, so they cannot produce seeds. Only tubular flowers can. However, due to the cultivated varieties, the tubular flowers were specialized into ligulate flowers, and thus the stamens and pistils were lost, resulting in the inability to produce fruit. Of course, the original wild chrysanthemum can produce seeds.

3. Rich flower colors: Any cultivated flowers have a variety of colors, and chrysanthemums are no exception. It comes in many colors, including red, yellow, green, pink, purple, white and so on. It not only has single color, but also multiple colors, that is, a flower has two or even more colors. For example, Erqiao, which is half red and half yellow; Sika Deer, which has a pink and purple base with white spots on it; Red Line Gold Bead, which has red petals and yellow tips, etc.

2. Shape

There are many varieties of chrysanthemums, and of course their shapes are also different. Wild chrysanthemums are generally 0.25-1 meter tall, with sparse hairs on the stems, oval leaves, and inflorescences that are only about 2.5 centimeters long, generally growing at the top of the stems. The cultivated varieties can grow to 0.6-1.5 meters in height, with relatively upright stems and leaves in many shapes, including straight leaves, long leaves, round leaves, sunflower leaves, etc. Its flowers are also capitulate inflorescences, but the tubular flowers are usually specialized into ligulate flowers with rich colors and many types of petals.