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Matricaria aurea (Golden Mayweed) |
Matricaria aurea (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 : |
Matricaria aurea (L.) Schultz Bip.
Published in Cat. Pl. Syrie Palaest. 10 (1854) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Asteraceae
Bercht. & J.Presl (=Compositae) (The Daisy or Sunflower Family)
125 species from the Asteraceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Golden Mayweed, Golden Chamomille | Maltese name(s) : | Kamumilla nana, Xorbebb | Status for Malta : | Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man | Frequency : | Very Common Common Frequent
Scarce Rare
Very Rare Extinct
| Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Protected by law: schedule III of legal notice LN311/2006. (Conservation requires the designation of SAC) | Red List (1989) : | This species has a threatened status and is listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | Mar-May | Colour of Flowers: | Yellow |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Roadsides, waste places and cultivated ground |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Stems 4-25 cm, slender, decumbent or ascending and often flexuous, branched from the base, glabrous below, sometimes very sparsely pubescent below the capitulum. Leaves 0.5-2.5 x 0.3-1 cm; segments numerous, capillary, mucronulate. Peduncles 0.5-2.5 cm; capitula 1-60, 4-7 mm in diameter; involucral bracts with a brown margin. Florets all tubular, 4-lobed, yellow; corolla 0.7-0.9 mm (slightly exceeding the auricle, if present). Achenes 0.6-0.9 x 0.15-0.2 mm (excluding auricle), pale to dark brown, with 3-5 ribs on the ventral face; pappus either a short membranous rim, or a conspicuous irregularly toothed, scarious auricle 0.6-0.8 mm. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=18 |
Distributional range: |
S. Portugal, C. & S.E. Spain, Lampedusa, Malta |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Portugal, Sicily and/or Malta |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
Ab(A) Ag Cr Cy Eg Gg -Gr Hs(S) Ir Jo Le Li Lu Ma Rf(CS) Si(M S) Sn Sy Tn Tu(A) [aBr aGa(F) aGe] |
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