Nipponanthemum nipponicum
aka Chrysanthemum nipponicum
Nippon Daisy, Nippon Chrysanthemum
5-9
Japan

Rounded, shrubby perennial
3 feet tall
The flower heads are single with white ray flowers and yellow disk flowers, 1˝-3˝ diameter.
Mid to late fall

The leaves are crowded on the upper part of the stem. They are thick, somewhat succulent and rather stiff in comparison to other chrysanthemums. Oblong and spatulate in shape, they have a bluntly serrate to dentate leaf tip. The dark green leaves are alternate and are 1˝-3˝ inches long. Nippon daisy is a shrubby perennial and the lower foliage often falls from the stem.

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
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