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== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Matricaria recutita - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-091.jpg|thumb|drawing from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen]]
[[File:Matricaria recutita - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-091.jpg|thumb|drawing from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen]]
The species can be found all over Europe and temperate Asia, and has been widely introduced in temperate North America and Australia.


== Uses ==
== Uses ==

Revision as of 15:31, 4 July 2012

Matricaria chamomilla L.

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Order Asterales
Family Compositae
Genus Matricaria

2n =

Origin : Europe, temperate Asia

wild and cultivated

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Popular names

  • English: camomille vraie, camomille allemande
  • French: German chamomile

see general discussion on chamomile.

Biology

  • Leaves compound with filiform segments.
  • Receptacle without paleas between the flowers.

Classification

Matricaria chamomilla L. (1753)

syn.:

  • Matricaria recutita L. (1753)
  • Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert (1974)

There has long been a great confusion about the name, because the description and synonymy of Linnaeus in 1753 largely corresponds to Tripleurospermum maritimum subsp. inodorum (L.) Appleq. But Linnaeus himself altered the sense in 1755, and his herbarium sheet in Hortus Cliffortianus corresponds to this sense, and has been so typified. (Applequist, 2003)

Cultivars

History

drawing from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen

The species can be found all over Europe and temperate Asia, and has been widely introduced in temperate North America and Australia.

Uses

References

  • Applequist, Wendy L., 2003. A reassessment of the nomenclature of Matricaria L. and Tripleurospermum Sch. Bip. (Asteraceae). Taxon, 51: 757-761.

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