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Anthemis cotula (Stinking Chamomille) |
Anthemis cotula (ASTERACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Anthemis cotula L.
Published in Sp. Pl. 894 (1753) | Synonyms : |
Basionym or principal synonym:
No Main Synonyms
Full list of synonyms :
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Plant Family : | Asteraceae (=Compositae) The Daisy or Sunflower Family 125 Asteraceae species recorded from Malta.
Bercht. & J.Presl | English name(s) : | Stinking Chamomille | Maltese name(s) : | Bebuna tal-Baħar | Status for Malta : | Naturalised alien species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 and which can become invasive | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (Annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-Jun | Colour of Flowers: | White or Inc |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Waste places and disturbed ground |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Fetid annual (7-)20-50(-70) cm, thinly tomentose to glabrescent. Stems corymbosely branched above. Leaves 1·5-6·5 × 0·5-3 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong in outline, irregularly 2- to 3-pinnatisect, the lobes narrowly linear, acuminate, with hyaline mucro, sparsely hairy, sometimes fleshy. Capitula 12-30 mm in diameter; peduncles (2·5-)6-15 cm, not clavate. Involucre hemispherical; bracts more or less oblong, acute to obtuse, with pale brown, scarious margin. Receptacle 5-8 × 1·5-3 mm, narrowly conical, without scales in the lower half; scales linear-subulate, shorter than to equalling the florets. Ligules 5-14 mm, sterile, sometimes absent. Achenes (1-)1·3-1·8 mm, turbinate, slightly constricted at the apex, 8- to 11-ribbed, the ribs tuberculate or verruculose; pappus absent. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18 |
Distributional range: |
Most of Europe northwards to England and S. Finland casual further north |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
All Europe except Faroe Islands, Iceland, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago, not native in Finland |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A N) AE(G T) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Be(B L) BH Bl(M N) Br Bu By Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Eg Ga(C F) Ge Gg Gr He Ho Hs(S) Hu Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Mk Mo No Rf(C CS E N S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) [aAu(A) nAz(C F G J L M P S T) nCa(C F G H L P T) aEs nFe aHb(E N) aLa aLt nMd(M P) nPo nRf(K) Rf(NW) Sk] |
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