Japanese name: キンセイギク（金星菊） Scientific name:Chrysogonum virginianum
[Overview]
A perennial 15–30 cm tall that grows in forest areas in its native habitat.
In warm regions it is evergreen.
It extends rhizomes and spreads in a mat.
The whole plant is covered with many white hairs.
The leaves are simple and opposite, ovate, about 10 cm long and 7 cm wide, with a base that is somewhat heart-shaped or gradually narrows into the leaf stalk.
The leaf margins have blunt teeth.
The leaf stalk is long and winged.
Yellow flower heads about 3–4 cm across are borne on flower stalks extending from the leaf axils; there are 5 ray florets, opening in a star shape.
There are 5 involucral bracts.
The fruit is an achene with 4 ridges.
[Cultivation]
Propagate from seed or by division.
It prefers fertile, well-drained soil that is moderately moist, in sun to partial shade.
It is tough and grows well if the conditions suit it.
Water thoroughly when the soil surface dries.
There are no particular pests or diseases.
