What are the colors of chrysanthemums?

Chrysanthemum is a perennial perennial herb of the genus Compositae. According to the cultivation form, chrysanthemum is divided into multi-head chrysanthemum, single chrysanthemum, big chrysanthemum, cliff chrysanthemum, art chrysanthemum, desk chrysanthemum and other cultivation types. according to the appearance of petals, chrysanthemum can be divided into garden hug, back hug, random hug, open heart hug, flying noon hug and other cultivation types. Let's take a look at the colors of chrysanthemums.

What are the colors of chrysanthemums?

Inflorescences of chrysanthemum terminal or axillary, one or more clustered. The ligulate flowers are female flowers and the tubular flowers are bisexual flowers. Tongue-shaped flowers are divided into flat, spoon, tube, abnormal four categories, rich in color, there are red, yellow, white, ink, purple, green, orange, pink, brown, snow blue, light green and so on. The tubular flower develops into a "Gui petal" with various colors, such as red, yellow, white, purple, green, pink, complex color, intermediate color and so on.

What kinds of chrysanthemums do you have?

1. Classification according to flower diameter: flowers with a diameter of more than 18 cm are called chrysanthemum, those with a diameter of between 6 cm and 18 cm are called chrysanthemum, and those with a diameter of less than 6 cm are called small chrysanthemum.

2. Classified according to flowering season: summer chrysanthemum, autumn chrysanthemum and cold chrysanthemum.

3. Classification according to flower type: chrysanthemum heads form different flower patterns because of their different arrangement forms of ligulate flowers. There are mainly single petal type, convoluted type, dance ring type, ball type, rosette type, dragon claw type, Gui type, drooping bead type, vertical wire type, burr type and so on.

4. Classified according to commercial application: multi-headed chrysanthemum, specimen chrysanthemum, standing chrysanthemum, cliff chrysanthemum, high-grafted chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, flower bed chrysanthemum and so on.

5. Classification according to photoperiod response: short-day hybrid chrysanthemum used for annual flowering, its natural flowering period is in autumn. In the northern hemisphere, varieties are divided into early, middle and late types according to the time of flowering. According to the response group, it is divided into 6-15-week varieties, that is, the number of weeks from the beginning of short-day treatment to flowering. Commercial cut chrysanthemum varieties cultivated in large areas in Guangdong include Huang Xiuju, tongue yellow, golden yellow, Taiwan red, big white lotus and so on, all of which use lights to control flower bud differentiation and make them on the market in a balanced manner.

6. classification according to flower color: according to the color of chrysanthemum, it is divided into white chrysanthemum, yellow chrysanthemum, red chrysanthemum, orange chrysanthemum, cyan chrysanthemum, Heze chrysanthemum, purple chrysanthemum, green chrysanthemum, ink chrysanthemum and so on.

7. Classification according to the shape of tongue petals: flat, wide, claw, cylinder, needle, wire, hook, torsion and so on.

What are the effects of chrysanthemums?

1. Dispelling wind and dissipating heat: chrysanthemums have the effect of evacuating the lung meridian, but the power of divergence to show evil is not strong. It is often used to treat fever, headache, cough and other symptoms caused by febrile cold or febrile disease at the initial stage of febrile diseases. It is often used with mulberry leaves with similar properties, and is often used in conjunction with other traditional Chinese medicines.

2. Calming liver yang: chrysanthemum can clear liver heat and calm liver yang. it is often used to treat the symptoms of hyperactivity of liver yang, headache and vertigo, and can be used together with other drugs for calming liver yang, clearing liver heat and extinguishing liver wind. it can be combined with other traditional Chinese medicine to treat those with excessive heat and extreme wind.

3. Clear the liver and clear the eye: chrysanthemum can not only evacuate the liver meridian wind-heat, but also clear the liver-heat to clear the eye. it can be combined with other traditional Chinese medicine to treat the swelling and pain of the eyes caused by the wind-heat of the liver channel and the upward attack of the liver fire. if there is deficiency of liver and kidney essence and blood, loss of sight, dizziness and blurred vision, it can also be combined with corresponding traditional Chinese medicine to achieve the effect of nourishing liver and kidney and benefiting yin and light.

4, heat-clearing and detoxification: chrysanthemum can clear heat and detoxification, can be used to treat sore, carbuncle and swelling, and can be used in compatibility with some other traditional Chinese medicine, but because the effect of heat-clearing and detoxification of wild chrysanthemum is weaker, it is generally not chosen.

5. Anti-tumor: chrysanthemum has a certain anti-tumor effect. Through the experimental extraction of chrysanthemum components, it is found that the progesterone extracted from chrysanthemum contains luteolin and apigenin, which are the main anti-tumor components. Luteolin can inhibit the movement and invasion of ovarian cancer cells, and apigenin can inhibit the phosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein. It can also activate cell cycle-dependent protein kinase 1 to affect the activity of CDK, resulting in G2 / M phase arrest.

6. anti-aging: through experimental studies, it is proved that the progesterone compounds contained in chrysanthemum have the ability of scavenging free radicals and strong antioxidant activity, and the antioxidant activity of chrysanthemum is closely related to the content of progesterone compounds. Experiments show that chrysanthemum has the effect of anti-aging.

7. Resistance to virus: chrysanthemum has a certain antiviral effect. Studies have proved that chrysanthemum can inhibit poliomyelitis virus, measles virus, herpes simplex virus and so on to varying degrees. If the active ingredients in chrysanthemum reach a certain concentration, they can also effectively inhibit influenza virus, and even have a certain inhibitory effect on AIDS virus.

8. Antibacterial activity: chrysanthemum volatile oil in chrysanthemum can inhibit the activity of many kinds of bacteria, especially Staphylococcus aureus, and fresh chrysanthemum can also inhibit the activity of Gram-positive bacteria and bacilli to a certain extent, so chrysanthemum has antibacterial effect to a certain extent.