| Dicotyledon | Literature for Anthemis cotula
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Asteraceae -- The Sunflower Family | Bibliography |
| Anthemis cotula | |
Common name(s): chamomile, dog fennel, foetid chamomile, mayweed |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Europe. In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Habit |
Malodorous, taprooted annual herbs 1-6 dm tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves 2-3 times pinnatifid, the divisions linear, fern-like, 2-6 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide.
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| Flowers |
Heads terminal and solitary on the branches, which are naked ca. 1/3 their length, 12-30 mm in diameter; involucre ca. 3 mm high, sparsely villous; receptacle chaffy toward middle; ray florets 10-16 per head, sterile, rays white, 5-14 mm long; disk florets numerous, perfect, corollas greenish yellow; pappus absent. |
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| Fruit |
Achenes cylindrical, ribless or weakly ca. 10-ribbed, glandular tuberculate. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 18 |
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