Calle del Crisantemo
Bears the name of the chrysanthemum, whose Greek name means “golden flower,” within a group of Valdeacederas streets marked with botanical names.
The chrysanthemum names this short street in Valdeacederas. Its name comes from the Greek chrysós, “gold,” and ánthemon, “flower”: the golden flower, so called for the color of the first varieties, grown in China more than two thousand years ago. From there it passed to Japan, where it became an imperial seal.
Many nearby streets bear the names of plants and flowers —Agave, Azucenas, Clavelinas—, a botanical group that appears on the map in the mid-20th century, when Madrid absorbed Chamartín de la Rosa and rechristening streets with flowers helped resolve the repeated names.
The name keeps a minor irony. In Spain the chrysanthemum is tied to the cemeteries of November; in Asia, where it comes from, it is a flower of longevity and celebration.