Perennial herb, 60-120 cm tall. Stem erect, much branched, slightly reddish hairy. Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, 3.5-5 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, margin notched or serrate, base cuneate, sometimes cordate, glabrous above, white angular tomentose below; petiolate. Heads unequal in size, solitary at branch tips or leaf axils, or arranged in corymbs; outer involucral bracts green, striate, margin membranous, white tomentose; peripheral ligulate flowers, female, white, red, purple, or yellow; central tubular flowers, bisexual, yellow; also all ligulate; stamens 5, polyantheric, base obtuse-rounded; ovary inferior, stigmas 2-lobed linear. Achenes columnar, generally hypocarpic. Crown hairs absent. Fl. 9-Oct.

There are more than 30 species in the genus Chrysanthemum, of which 17 are native to China, including: wild chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum, small red chrysanthemum, purple-flowered wild chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum brain, etc. It is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is a perennial herbaceous plant. It prefers cool and cold-tolerant, with a growing temperature of 18-21℃. The underground rhizome is drought-resistant, and it is most avoidant of waterlogging, preferring loamy soil with high terrain, deep soil, rich in humus, loose and fertile, and well-drained. In slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil can grow. Ph6.2-6.7 is the best. It is a short-day plant, and grows nutritiously under 14.5 hours of long sunlight per day, with more than 12 hours of darkness per day and a night temperature of 10 degrees Celsius, which is suitable for the development of flower buds.

Can be sown to propagate, germination temperature of 25 ℃, February-April sowing, the year can flower. Production to cuttings method of reproduction, can be divided into the root tiller plug, shoot plug, single bud plug and plug with buds and so on. Can also be divided and tissue culture method of reproduction.

Chrysanthemum in the world cut flower production occupies an important position, cut flowers require neat flower type, flower diameter 7-12cm, bright flower color, no pests and diseases, leaf green, stem straight, more than 80cm high, long hydroponic period. Cut flower chrysanthemum can be planted in the ground, plant spacing 12-13cm, row spacing of about 15cm. up to 50 plants per square meter, need to set up a net to support, in order to keep the plant upright.