Chrysanthemum pacificum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|image = Chrysanthemum pacificum Japan.jpg
|image_caption = Wild specimen on cliffs in Miura, Japan
|genus = Chrysanthemum
|species = pacificum
|authority = Nakai
|synonyms = *Ajania pacifica (Nakai) K. Bremer & Humphries
- Dendranthema pacificum (Nakai) Kitam.
}}
Chrysanthemum pacificum, commonly called gold and silver chrysanthemum,[http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=h600 Ajania pacifica], Missouri Botanical Garden, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is native to Japan, where it is endemic to the island of Honshu. Its natural habitat is along the Pacific coast, where it often grows on ocean cliffs.{{cite book |last=Ohwi |first=Jisaburo |title=Flora of Japan |date=1965 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |page=891 |doi=10.5962/bhl.title.43786 |lccn=65062683 |oclc=182709297}}[http://had0.big.ous.ac.jp/plantsdic/angiospermae/dicotyledoneae/sympetalae/compositae/isogiku/isogiku.htm Dendranthema pacificum] (in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory
Description
It is a showy plant, blooming in late fall and producing yellow heads of flowers. It was introduced into U.S. gardening catalogs in 1989,{{cite news |last=Lacy |first=Allen |date=1989-01-05 |title=A GARDENER'S WORLD; A Plant Almost Too Good to Be True |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/05/garden/a-gardener-s-world-a-plant-almost-too-good-to-be-true.html |work= The New York Times |access-date=2018-01-14 }} and has been in cultivation in Japan since an early date.
File:Chrysanthemum pacificum.jpg|Overhead view of flowers in cultivation
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Category:Endemic flora of Japan
Category:Taxa named by Takenoshin Nakai
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