Light Yellow Chrysanthemum Flower Stock Image

Chrysanthemum - herbaceous perennials and annuals of the family Asteraceae or Compositae. Translated from the Greek meaning zlatotsvetny or sun flower because many species have yellow coloring of inflorescences. In nature, 29 species of chrysanthemum, common in the northern and temperate zones, mostly in Asia. Archaeologists claim that over 2,500 years ago, has grown chrysanthemum ancient Chinese who used its petals to eat, and in the treatise Spring and Autumn, it was mentioned by Confucius! Then, the cultivation of the flower and the Japanese do idolize this flower so that only members of the imperial family had the right to wear clothing with the image of a chrysanthemum. In Europe, the chrysanthemum appeared in the eighteenth century, but it began to intensively cultivated only in the nineteenth. Scientists believe that is widely known today Chrysanthemum morifolium (Chrysanthemum hortorum) was the result of crossing two Asian species - chrysanthemum melkotsvetkovoy (Chrysanthemum indicum), which comes from Japan, chrysanthemum grandiflorum (Chrysanthemum morifoolium) from China, but some breeders believe that the ancestors chrysanthemum garden chrysanthemum are melkotsvetkovye Indian and Chinese chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum is not just a beautiful flower, and the latter a resounding chord in the symphony of autumn colors.