| Accepted name: |
Anthemis cotula L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Anthemis foetida Lam.
-Maruta cotula (L.) DC.
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| English names: |
Fetid Camomile
Stinking Mayweed
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| French names: |
Camomille des chiens
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HANTCO
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Occasionally cultivated in Mexico as a medicinal plant.Used as a "sudorific and anodyne for colds." Used for epilepsy, asthma, rheumatism, as an emetic,for fevers, hysterics, as a tonic and for "dropsy." Bruised herb applied externally to "draw blister"(* |
| Key Characters: |
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