Chrysanthemum Flower Latin Name. Asteraceae or Compositae Common names. Scandinavian peninsula Lithuania Iceland the Faroe Islands Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Estonia Latvia and Asia.
The scientific name of Chrysanthemum is the botanical name or formal name. Origin Native. Aside from small Latin differences all Chrysanthemums share a common Greek source for their name.
Scientific name is the name conforming to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae fungi and plants ICN.
Chrysanthemum flowers known in China as Ju Hua are a bitter aromatic herb that has been used for thousands of years in Chinese medicine. The name was given by a Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus who is known as the father of modern taxonomy. Tropez a French variety has bright red petals and bronze-colored tips. The bloom which appears as a single flower is actually hundreds of flowers called florets.