How to identify wild chrysanthemums

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1. Stems and leaves

2. Flowers

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Stems and leaves: spreading or upright, the middle stems and leaves are oblong, elliptical or egg-shaped, the base is truncate or nearly heart-shaped, the edges are serrated, light green, and olive after drying. Flowers: Flower heads, tongue-shaped flowers are yellow in color, and the flowering period is from June to November.

1. Stems and leaves

1. Stems and leaves

The stems of wild chrysanthemums are spread out or upright. The stems and branches have sparse hairs, with more hairs on the upper parts and flower branches. The stems and leaves in the middle are long ovate, elliptical ovate or egg-shaped, with pinnately lobed or split edges with serrations, and the base is nearly heart-shaped or truncate. Both sides are almost the same color, and the color is light green, or both sides after drying. All in olive color.

2. Flowers

The wild chrysanthemum is The flower heads are 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, mostly in the form of corymb panicles or a few corymbs at the tops of stems and branches. The involucre has about 5 layers, the outer layer is ovate-triangular or ovate, the middle layer is ovate, and the inner layer is oblong. The color of the involucral bracts is white or brown. The top is blunt or rounded. The color of the tongue-shaped flowers is yellow. The flowering period is from June to November.

2. Flowers

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