Nogiku (Wild chrysanthemum) - Nogiku

Japanese: ノギク(野菊) - ノギク

A plant of the Asteraceae family that blooms in fields and mountains and resembles the cultivated daisy. The flower heads are made up of clusters of ray florets and tubular flowers, and those with blue-purple ray florets are generally called Nogiku. It refers to the yomena and nokonogiku that grow in human-smelling places such as cultivated fields and mountain roadsides, and is praised for its delicate flowers. The concept of Nogiku also includes the spring-flowering miyamayomena, which is common in mountainous areas, the white-flowered ryunougiku and white yomena that bloom in autumn, and the yellow aburagiku, but generally it refers to wild chrysanthemums that bloom in autumn in lowland human settlements.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

野や山に咲く栽培のコギクに似たキク科植物。頭花が舌状花と筒状花の集りからなり，舌状花が青紫色のものが一般にノギクと呼ばれることが多い。耕地や山地路傍の人間くさい場所に生育するヨメナやノコンギクを指し，かれんな花容がめでられる。また，山地に多い春に咲くミヤマヨメナや秋に咲く白花のリュウノウギクやシロヨメナ，黄色のアブラギクもノギクの概念に含まれることもあるが，一般には低地の人里の秋に咲く野生キク類である。

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