''Chrysanthemum zawadzkii'' is a species of short perennial herb in the family
Asteraceae
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native to eastern Europe and to Asia. The species was described from the
Pieniny mountains
The Pieniny (sometimes also the PieninsSzafer, Władysław. 2013. ''The Vegetation of Poland: International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology''. Warsaw: Pergamon Press, pp. 156, 388. or the Pienin Mountains,Griffiths, Graham C. D ...
in 1829 by Franz Herbich and named after
Aleksander Zawadzki. The species is also known to occur in Russia extending to Japan.
In Europe it is found in Russia, Poland and the Ukraine. In temperate Asia it is found in Mongolia, Manchuria, Siberia, Korea and Japan
It grows from 1 ft high up to 1.5 ft high and spreads as wide as it grows high. In the northern hemisphere It flowers from July to September.
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1831 by
Franz Herbich,
but later has been assigned to other genera by other botanists: in 1854 by
Carl Fredrik Nyman to the genus, ''Pyrethrum'',
in 1879 again by Nyman to the genus, ''Leucanthemum'',
in 1934 by
Bogumił Pawłowski to the genus ''Tanacetum'',
and in 1961 by
Nikolai Tzvelev
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to the genus ''Dendranthema.''
[Tzvelev (1961)in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 26: 376]
Gallery
Protologue for Chrysanthemum Zawadzkii.png, Protologue - 1831
Dendranthema zawadskii (cropped).png, image from Komi Scientific Centre
External links
''Chrysanthemum zawadzkii'': Images & occurrence datafrom
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References
zawadzkii
Flora of Malta
Flora of Korea
Plants described in 1831
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