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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anthemis cotula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Stinking Chamomile at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anthemis cotula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Anthemis cotula
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-80-002:
Anthemis cotula FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Maruta cotula
COMMON NAME:
Stinking Chamomile, Stinking Mayweed, Dog-fennel, Chigger-weed
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_anco2_001_lvd
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USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970 swus_page_371
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Gill Newberry gn05_a_cotula_flower
May
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Gill Newberry gn05_anthemis_cotula
May
Resembles Oxeye Daisy but with smaller flowers and finely dissected foliage, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_060116hayesvillenc_02
June Clay County NC
Roadside
Leaves 2-3x finely divided into narrow linear lobes. Ill-smelling, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_061116hayesville_07
June Clay County NC
Clay County Native Botanical Garden
Solitary flowers on long stalks from upper leaf axils with 10-16 white rays, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Anthemis cotula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Anthemis cotula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Anthemis cotula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-80-002:
Anthemis cotula
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Maruta cotula
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Forb
Winter annual
Habitat: Roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
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/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- 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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