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"The plant is rich in minerals and vitamins with potassium concentrations at 610 mg/100 g and carotene at 3.4 g/100 g in edible portions. In addition, the plant contains various antioxidants (in stem, leaf, and root tissues) that have potential long-term benefits for human health, although toxic (dioxin) properties have also been observed.
The genus Chrysanthemum are perennial herbaceous flowering plants, sometimes subshrubs. The leaves are alternate, divided into leaflets and may be pinnatisect, lobed, or serrate (toothed) but rarely entire; they are connected to stalks with hairy bases. [7] The compound inflorescence is an array of several flower heads, or sometimes a solitary ...
The herb has a green, oblong leaf with pinnate venation. These leaves are about 5–7 centimetres (2–3 in) long and 4–6 cm wide. The leaf blade is broad, while the base is suddenly narrowed and of an ovate or lanceolate lobed shape. [7] The leaves are in alternate arrangement throughout the stem. [8]
The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows into a small bush, [2] up to 70 cm (28 in) high, with pungently-scented leaves. The leaves are light yellowish green, variously pinnatifid . The conspicuous daisy-like flowers are up to 20 millimetres ( 3 ⁄ 4 in) across, borne in lax corymbs .
Tanacetum balsamita is a perennial temperate herb known as costmary, [2] alecost, [3] balsam herb, bible leaf, or mint geranium. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A fragrant plant native to southern Europe and western Asia , it has been used over centuries for culinary, aromatic , and traditional medicine purposes.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said leaves and other yard debris make up more than 13% of the nation’s solid waste, which comes out to 33 million tons a year.
Chrysanthemum × morifolium (also known in the US as florist's daisy [2] and hardy garden mum [3]) is a hybrid species of perennial plant in the genus Chrysanthemum of the Asteraceae family. Botanical history
The leaves and flowers are toxic if consumed in large quantities; the volatile oil contains toxic compounds including thujone, which can cause convulsions and liver and brain damage. Some insects, notably the tansy beetle Chrysolina graminis , have resistance to the toxins and subsist almost exclusively on the plant.