Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anthemis arvensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Corn Chamomile at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anthemis arvensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anthemis arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Anthemis arvensis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anthemis arvensis var. agrestis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anthemis arvensis var. arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-80-001:
Anthemis arvensis FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anthemis arvensis
COMMON NAME:
Corn Chamomile, Field Chamomile
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anar6_001_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_anthemis_arvensis_2
April Iredell County NC
Similar to A. cotula, but not ill-smelling, and with fertile ray flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_anthemis_arvensis_3
April Iredell County NC
Resembles Oxeye Daisy but with smaller flowers and finely dissected foliage, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_anthemis_arvensis_1
May Iredell County NC
Leaves finely bipinnately or tripinnately dissected, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anthemis arvensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anthemis arvensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Anthemis arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Anthemis arvensis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anthemis arvensis var. agrestis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Anthemis arvensis var. arvensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-80-001:
Anthemis arvensis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Anthemis arvensis
105
Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in GA)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple: 2- or 3-pinnately dissected
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p374
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p380
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p201
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p274
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p323
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p207
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