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Stinking chamomile or mayweed

Anthemis cotula

Stinking chamomile or mayweed

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Anthemis cotula, also known as stinking chamomile or mayweed, is a flowering annual plant with a noticeable and strong odor. The odor is often considered unpleasant, and it is from this that it gains the common epithet "stinking". In pre-colonial times, its distribution was limited to Europe and Africa; though it was established in most of Europe, it was not present in Finland, Ireland, or the northernmost reaches of Scotland, in spite of the fact that these countries feature climatic regions favorable to this plant and are in proximity to countries where the species is native, such as Russia, Estonia, Lithuania and England. It has successfully migrated to the American continents where it can be found growing in meadows, alongside roads, and in fields.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Anthemis cotula
Slug
anthemis-cotula
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Anthemis
Species
cotula
Wikidata QID
Q571357
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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