Scientific name: | Chamomilla suaveolens (Pursh) Rydb | |
Synonym name: | Matricaria matricarioides Porter ex Britton, Matricaria discoidea DC., Matricaria suaveolens (Pursh) Buchenau | |
Swedish name: | Gatkamomill, Gatkamill | |
German name: | Strahlenlose Kamille | |
Nederlandse naam: | Schijfkamille | |
English name: | Pineappleweed, Wild chamomile, Disc mayweed | |
Plant Family: | Asteraceae, Sunflower family, Korgblommiga växter |
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Life form: | Annual herb | |
Stems: | Height 5–30 cm, erect, multibranched, hairless, glabrous or glabrate to sparsely hairy. | |
Leaves: | Pinnately dissected, sweet-scented when crushed | |
Flowers: | Cone-shaped flower head, composed of dense-packed yellowish-green corollas, lacking ray-florets (no petals). | |
Flowering Period: | June, July, August, September | |
Flowering Period: | Cypsela, pale brown, 1.2–1.5 mm long, 3–4-ridged, crowned by a pale membranous ring | |
Habitat: | Moist waste places, cultivated soils, riverbanks |
Derivation of the botanical name: br>Chamomilla, Greek χαμαίμηλον, chamaimēlon, "earth-apple"; χαμαί chamai, "on the ground"; μήλον mēlon, "apple", referring to the smell of the blossoms. suaveolens, sweet-scented. Matricaria, Latin matrix, "the womb," the plant once having been used as a cure for female disorders. matricarioides, like genus Matricaria. discoidea, δισκοϛ discus, a "quoit, discus," -οειδηοϛ oideus adjective suffix for nouns: like, resemble; disc like.
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