Venidium

...A species of the genus Venidium in the Asteraceae family, with about 20 species in South Africa. It is also called Kanzaki Janomegiku (winter-blooming snake's-eye chrysanthemum). It is often cultivated as a cut flower, in a pot, or in a flower bed from winter to spring. It grows to a height of 30-90cm, with leaves that are oblanceolate and deeply pinnately lobed, and both the stems and buds are covered with dense down. The flower head is 6-7cm in diameter, with beautiful orange ray florets around it, and jet black bands at the base of the petals that look like snake's eyes. The tubular flowers at the center of the flower are small, glossy dark purple, and there is one flower per stem. They open during the day and close in the evening. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…南アフリカに約20種あるキク科ベニジウム属Venidiumの1種。カンザキジャノメギク(寒咲蛇の目菊)ともいわれる。切花や鉢植え，花壇に冬から春の花として栽培することが多い。草丈30～90cm，葉は倒披針形で羽状に深裂し，茎，つぼみともに深々とした綿毛におおわれている。頭花は径6～7cm，周辺の舌状花は美しいオレンジ色で，弁底に漆黒色の帯斑（おびふ）があり，これが蛇の目に見える。花心の管状花は小さく，暗紫色で光沢があり，1茎1花で，日中に開き夕刻には閉じる。…

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