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Matricaria aurea (Golden Mayweed) |
Matricaria aurea (ASTERACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Matricaria aurea(Loefl.) 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)
124 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 ( annual plants, herbaceous )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule III of [S.L. 549.44] (Conservation requires the designation of SAC) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
March – May |
Colour of Flowers: |
Yellow |
Name Derivation : |
Matricaria:
aurea:
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Description, Habitat 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.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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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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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
