| Accepted name: |
Matricaria chamomilla L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Chamomilla vulgaris K. Koch
-Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert
-Matricaria recutita L.
-Matricaria courrantiana DC.
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| English names: |
Sweet-false Chamomile
German Chamomile
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMATCH
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The dried, just-opening flower-heads have been used in medicine since antiquity (officinal Flores Chamomillae, Anthodium Chamomillae); extract also used in cosmetics (1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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