[11/28] 과꽃 [China aster; Callistephus]

[11/28] 과꽃 [China aster; Callistephus]

학명(學名, binomial name): Callistephus
이명(異名): 취국, 당국화, annual aster
계(界, Kingdom): 식물계(Plantae)
문(門, Division): 속씨식물문, 현화식물문(Magnoliophyta)
강(綱, Class): 목련강(Magnoliopsida), 쌍떡잎식물강(Dicotyledoneae)
목(目, Order): 초롱꽃목(Campanulales), 국화목(Asterales)
과(科, Family): 국화과(Asteraceae)
속(屬, Genus): 과꽃속(Callistephus)
종(種, Species): Callistephus chinensis
개화: 7월~9월

꽃말: 변화(change), 추억(memory); 추상(abstraction); 믿음직한 사랑(solid love); 다양한 사랑(love of variety), 충실(fidelity)

속명인 Callistephus'는 그리스어의 'kallos(아름답다)'와 'stephos(화관)'의 합성어로, 관모가 겹으로 발생하여 아름답다라는 데서 이름이 붙여졌다고 합니다.

속명이 예전에는 Aster였으나 현재는 Callistephus로 불리고 있습니다.

Image: Callistephus chinensis [China aster, annual aster, 과꽃, 취국, 당국화] | CC-PD | Date: 10 September 2007 | Author: Rob Hille | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callistephus_chinensis_0.5_R.jpg

Image: Callistephus chinensis [China aster, annual aster, 과꽃, 취국, 당국화] | CC-PD | Date: 10 September 2007 | Author: Rob Hille | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callistephus_chinensis_1.1_R.jpg

Image: Callistephus chinensis [China aster, annual aster, 과꽃, 취국, 당국화] | CC-PD | Date: 10 September 2007 | Author: Rob Hille | Source: Wikimedia Commons in the public domain | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Callistephus_chinensis_1.3_R.jpg

File:Callistephus chinensis 1.3 R.jpg - Wikimedia Commons