What is Gerbera?

The Gesang flower, also known as Gesang Meadow, is widely debated as to what kind of plant it is.

There is no standardized plant identification for the Gesang flower; in Tibetan, "Gesang" means "good time" or "happiness," and "Meadow" means "happiness. "Meiduo" is the meaning of the flower, so the Gesang flower is also called happy flower, has long been entrusted with the Tibetan people look forward to happiness and good luck of the good feelings.

Broadly speaking, "Gesang Meadow" is most likely the most tenacious wildflowers on the plateau synonymous with life, and from the botanical characteristics of the Asteraceae Asteraceae and Lhasa to Chamdo common cultivated plants Cuiju, are in line with the characteristics of the Gesang flower.

Also in Tibet there are, for example: golden dew plum, wolfsbane flower, alpine azalea, snow lotus and other plants known as gerbera.

Peak aster and aster

Purely from botanical considerations, gerbera should be aster (AsterL.) plants of the Asteraceae family, which is rich in resources and widely spread in Tibetan areas, and aster (Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees). In horticulture, people usually follow the custom, before and after the change in classification of plants are collectively referred to as "aster", broadly speaking, the genus Aster also includes other neighboring genera, these neighboring genera in Tibet are the dogwah flower genus (Heteropappus Less.), Aster (Callistephus Cass.) and so on. (Callistephus Cass.), etc. Many plants of the genus Aster are not only traditional medicinal plants, but also like the Marginal Hair Aster (Aster souliei Franch.) can be used to treat diseases such as plague and toxicosis, and other species of this genus have similar medicinal value, so in line with the folklore of the story of the living Buddha Geshe.

Mongolians spread to the crocus in the monastery and many people planted in full bloom era, is the history of Tibet following the demise of the Tubo dynasty appeared in the era of unprecedented prosperity, Bashi Ba became the emperor of the Yuan dynasty. In addition to promoting the political, economic and cultural development of the Tibetan region, Bashi Ba made great contributions to the stability and development of the Yuan Dynasty, as well as to the unity and cultural exchanges among all ethnic groups in the country. The people of that era called the crocus flower "Gesanghua", confirming the meaning of "Gesanghua" itself and the Mongolian folklore of bringing crocus seeds to Tibet.

Potentilla fruticosa

There is also a part of the saying [2] [6] that Potentilla fruticosa L., a genus of the family Rosaceae, is a gerbera. The golden dewberry is widely distributed in the alpine regions of the northern hemisphere from the sub-freezing zone to the northern temperate zone, and is extremely hardy, tolerating temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius