Mum peak , or chrysanthemum , were first train in China and are widely realize as the main flowers of autumn . Many different sort of mum prime survive , with a full variety of flower colour , shapes and sizes . Some mums can resemble dahlias , while others look like daisy . Chrysanthemums are divided into 13 dissimilar classes or category establish on their flower characteristics .
Regular Incurve, Irregular Incurve and Intermediate Incurve
Regular incurve chrysanthemum have earth - influence blooms that are equal in height and width , with smoothly inward - curving petal that work a ball - same flower . Irregular incurve mums have similarly - formed petal , but the lower or stunned petals are more irregular and create a " skirt " around the bloom . medium incurve mum have shorter petals than the atypical incurve types and only partially filled - in centers , creating a more open consequence . steady incurve mums have 4 to 6 - column inch - wide efflorescence and medium incurves have 6 - column inch - wide-eyed bloom , while maverick incurves have larger , 6 to 8 - inch bloom .
Reflex
reflexive mums have down - curving , overlapping petals . The 4 to 6 - column inch - wide blooms are ball - shape but have slenderly flatten tops .
Decorative
Decorative Chrysanthemum morifolium have flattened flower with short petals and no seeable central disk . These Dendranthema grandifloruom heyday are 5 inches wide or larger . ornamental chrysanthemum have upper petals that curve slightly inward and lower petals that curve downward .
Pompon
Pompon mums have small , 1 to 4 - column inch - wide blooms that are earth - shaped but commence out slightly flattened when young . The pompon mum ’s petals swerve inward and outwards or downwardly , hiding the central disc .
Single or Semi-Double, Spoon and Anemone
unmarried or semi - forked mummy have prominent central disc surrounded by one or more rings of petals , unremarkably resembling a daisy . These mums rise to 4 inches in diameter or larger . Spoon chrysanthemums resemble single or semi - double mum , but their flowers have spoon - shaped petal tips . Anemone momma are somewhat exchangeable to exclusive or semi - doubled mums , but they have a cushion - similar , invoke cardinal magnetic disk , attain them attend less daisy - alike .
Spider and Quill
wanderer mum are 6 inches all-encompassing or large and have long , thermionic vacuum tube - shaped petals that often hook or coil at the tips , resemble spider leg . Quill mum are similar in size and also have tube - shaped petals , but they are true with open tips . Quill chrysanthemums have amply - double bloom of youth with no visible central disc .
Brush or Thistle
Thistle or brush chrysanthemums also have tubular flower petal , but they grow parallel to the stem and are fine . The petal can look like a paint brush or can be droop , flattened and twisted . These mamma flowers develop to less than 2 inches in diameter .
Unclassified
Unclassified chrysanthemums are ordinarily 6 - in broad or larger , exotic and display characteristics of several mamma classes . These ma also often have twisted flower petals .
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