When Does Wild Chrysanthemum Bloom? A Detailed Guide to Its Flowering Period

Wild chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum indicum) is a common landscaping ornamental flower variety, slightly cold in nature, with properties that disperse wind-heat, reduce swelling and detoxify. So when does wild chrysanthemum bloom? Let us take a look below.

1. When does wild chrysanthemum bloom?

Wild chrysanthemum blooms successively from June to November; depending on the region, environment and variety, the flowering time may differ to some extent.

2. Distribution Range of Wild Chrysanthemum

Wild chrysanthemum is a polymorphic species, with many ecological, geographical or ecological-geographical populations, showing great diversity in features such as habit, leaf shape, leaf arrangement, corymb form, and hairiness of stems and leaves. The wild chrysanthemum on the coastal saline soil of Shandong and Hebei is short in overall form, dwarf-like, with thick leaves, which is bound to be a coastal ecotype; the wild chrysanthemum in the Lushan area of Jiangxi shows more hair covering on the underside of the leaves; among the wild chrysanthemum in the Nanjing area of Jiangsu and in Zhejiang, there is a type whose leaves turn olive-colored after drying.

3. The Value of Wild Chrysanthemum

The leaves, flowers and whole plant of wild chrysanthemum are used as medicine. Bitter, pungent and cool in taste, it clears heat and detoxifies, disperses wind and reduces heat, dissipates blood stasis, improves eyesight, and lowers blood pressure. It has obvious effects in preventing and treating epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, preventing influenza and the common cold, and treating high blood pressure, hepatitis, dysentery, and boils and sores. The infusion of wild chrysanthemum is also very effective at killing mosquito larvae and fly maggots.

Wild chrysanthemum has a bactericidal and swelling-reducing effect on the red, swollen pus-filled bumps caused by mosquito bites in summer.

1. Nameless swelling and toxic sores. Pound wild chrysanthemum together with its stems, decoct with wine, take while hot, and let sweat break out; also apply the residue to the affected area. Another formula: take one handful each of wild chrysanthemum stems and leaves and cocklebur herb, pound together, add one bowl of wine, squeeze out the juice and take it; still apply the residue to the affected area. It is best to sweat. Another formula: gather cocklebur leaves in summer and wild chrysanthemum in autumn, grind together into powder. Take three qian each time, swallowed with wine.

2. Sky-blister damp sores. Decoct wild chrysanthemum root and jujube wood together into a liquid and wash the affected area.

3. Unbroken scrofula. Pound wild chrysanthemum root, decoct with wine and take orally; apply the residue to the affected area.

Wild chrysanthemum is a very common plant, often growing on hillside grasslands, field edges, roadsides and other places; if needed, it can be picked in moderation.