Matricaria chamomilla L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Scented Mayweed
🇫🇷 Matricaire camomille, Camomille sauvage, Matricaire déchirée

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Clade: Asterids
Clade: Campanulids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Anthemideae
Subtribe: Anthemidinae
Genus: Matricaria
Species: Matricaria chamomilla

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch.Bip., 1844, whose flowers are not scented and have a full receptacle, while those of M. chamomilla are heavily scented and have a hollow receptacle.

Photographs

img/matricaria-chamomilla.webp — Matricaria chamomilla

img/matricaria-chamomilla-2.webp — Matricaria chamomilla

img/matricaria-chamomilla-3.webp — Matricaria chamomilla

img/matricaria-chamomilla-4.webp — Matricaria chamomilla

img/matricaria-chamomilla-5.webp — Matricaria chamomilla - Leaves

Sources

Khela, S. (2012). Matricaria chamomilla (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202985/2758411
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 392). Biotope.