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Matricaria chamomilla

sweet false chamomile, wild chamomile
Habit Plants 10–60+ cm.
Leaves

aromatic when crushed, 1–6+ cm, gradually reduced distally, bases often with fringed auricles.
Involucres

2–4 mm.
Ray florets

10–25;

corollas reflexed and persisting in fruit, 5–10 mm.
Disc florets

250–500+;

corollas 1.5–1.8 mm.
Fruits

0.7–0.9 mm; brownish; resin glands 0;

pappi 0 or of low crowns.
Heads

radiate, 5–10 mm;

peduncles 1–12 cm; bractless or few-bracted.
2n

=18.

Matricaria chamomilla
Distribution
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Discussion

Roadsides, ditch-banks, disturbed areas. Flowering May–Jul. 0–1200 m. Col, WV. CA, WA; widely scattered in North America; Asia, Europe. Exotic.
Source Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 310
Kenton Chambers
Sibling taxa
M. discoidea, M. occidentalis
Synonyms Matricaria recutita
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