Scented mayweed
Matricaria recutita
Summary 5
Matricaria chamomilla (synonym: Matricaria recutita), commonly known as chamomile (also spelled camomile), Italian camomilla, German chamomile, Hungarian chamomile (kamilla), wild chamomile or scented mayweed, is an annual plant of the composite family Asteraceae. M. chamomilla is the most popular source of the herbal product chamomile, although other species are also used as chamomile.
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- (c) Bas Kers (NL), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/21933510@N07/4978794837/
- (c) Photo by David J. Stang, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matricaria_recutita_2zz.jpg
- Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:12_Matricaria_chamomilla.jpg
- Koeh-091.jpg, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fiore_Asteraceae_01.png
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matricaria_recutita
More Info
- taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NBN Atlas
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
