Matricaria chamomilla
Wild chamomile, German chamomile Taxonomy
Synonyms: Chamomilla recutita, Matricaria recutita, Matricaria courrantiana Subspecific taxa: Classification:
Other taxonomic & nomenclature sources: USDA Plants;  ITIS;  The Plant List;  IPNI Species Distribution
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Absent: Not known from county Medium confidence: Medium or unknown confidence; often old records or unverifiable observations Medium-high confidence: Often observations by expert botanists High confidence: Often vouchered herbarium records Planted / introduced: Native species introduced outside historic range, or only in planted locations within county (e.g., restorations) Historic / extirpated: Only historic records for the species; likely extirpated (Note that this category is not yet functional) North American distribution maps for this species: FLNA;  USDA Plants;  BONAP;  BISON
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Species Status
Status/Listing: No Information Notes: Origin: Europe
Species Description
General: Dicot-herb, annual Roots: Shoots: alternate leaf arrangment; simple leaf type; lobed (pinnately), parted (pinnately) leaf margin; Pinnate leaf venation; linear, oblong, ovate leaf shape Inflorescence: head Flowers: perfect, unisexual, monoecious; 5 merous; complete, incomplete, not sepals, regular, irregular; white; epigynous ovary position Fruit: achene Physiology: autotrophic; C3 C02 fixation Reproduction: sexual
Ecology & Natural History
Habitat: Species is distributed along roads and railroads, waste places. ILPIN Notes: Flower heads are sometimes boiled as a tea, used as a tonic and as a stomach medicine. Var. chamomilla has no pappus; var. coronata (Gray) Coss. and Germ. has pappus. Species is occasional in southern half of Illinois, extending north to Woodford county. Rays are present. Bruised live plant has odor of pineapple. Receptacle in median longisection is conic and pointy - leaves deeply dissected. Disk florets are perfect and fertile; ray florets are pistillate and fertile. Functional Relationships:
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