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n. - Comprises plants often included in the genus Chrysanthemum.

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  • One chrysanthemum cultivar, now called Dendranthema rubellum ‘Sheffield Pink’ stands head and shoulders above the rest in hardiness and prolific blooming.
  • We saw this plant for sale recently at the University of Tennessee garden sale with the name given as Dendranthema ‘Ruth Baumgardner’.
  • The name has been changed from the mum moniker to Dendranthema morifolium, but I am in total denial of that change and refuse to call this class of plants anything but mums.
  • Chrysanthemums (they have a new botanical name, too, Dendranthema morifolium)
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