Parts Of A Chrysanthemum Flower. The chrysanthemum flower has two types of florets ray florets that would be called petals on a daisy and disc florets that are the center florets in a daisy type of bloom. They have spread into other Asian countries in the following centuries only from 1789 on into Western countries.
The flowering parts of chrysanthemums are made up of disk and ray florets. Mums were believed to have had special healing powerslegend has it they grew near a town where the locals all lived to be over 100-years-old. This study identified the phenolics in different parts of Chrysanthemum flower and evaluated corresponding antioxidant capacities.
The flowering parts of chrysanthemums are made up of disk and ray florets.
After rose chrysanthemum occupies the second place in flower. Victorian cultures considered it a flower that was strictly given to commemorate friendship. As is typical of composite flowers the Chrysanthemums flower heads arise from a cuplike collection of scale-like bracts like the ones shown below. First planted in China as a flowering herb Chrysanthemum petals were often added to meals and the leaves brewed in drinks.