# What kind of flower is this?

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**Created:** [June 29, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-flower-is-this/454692 "2008-06-29T21:21:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-flower-is-this/454692/1 "2008-06-29T21:21:38Z")

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At my great-great aunt’s funeral, there was a bouquet of flowers given by a distant cousin of mine. We were given this bouquet after the funeral, and on it was a flower I didn’t recognize.

Can anyone identify [this](http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk223/jasoncmccoy/06-29-08_1613.jpg) flower?

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-flower-is-this/454692/2 "2008-06-29T21:26:46Z")

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Was it here? That looks kinda like a mum. Similar to those big “football” mums you get in the fall, at the florist.

Like this: [http://www.istockphoto.com/file\_thumbview\_approve/3684122/2/istockphoto\_3684122\_pink\_mum\_and\_daisy\_collage.jpg](http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3684122/2/istockphoto_3684122_pink_mum_and_daisy_collage.jpg)

Photo says “pink daisy mum”

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**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-flower-is-this/454692/3 "2008-06-29T21:26:52Z")

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I’m no botanist, but my mom grew chrysanthemums, and it looks like a mum. There are lots of different kinds.

Sorry for your loss! I’ve never had a great-great-anything. Your family must be long-lived, or you must be very young.

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**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-flower-is-this/454692/4 "2008-06-29T21:30:34Z")

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[QUOTE=AuntiePam]  
I’m no botanist, but my mom grew chrysanthemums, and it looks like a mum. There are lots of different kinds.

Sorry for your loss! I’ve never had a great-great-anything. Your family must be long-lived, or you must be very young.  
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A little of both, actually. I’m twenty, but Aunt Nettie was 89.

Thanks, NinetyWt and AutiePam for your reply!