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Matricaria
Description of the genus
Annual aromatic herbs, much branched. Heads solitary, either heterogamous with white rayed female flowers or homogamous and lacking rays.
Leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, repeatedly divided into segments which are narrowly linear.
Receptacle conical, hollow, lacking receptacular scales. Achenes obovoid, somewhat laterally flattened, obliquely truncate above, inconspicuously 3-5-ribbed on the posterior face and without oil glands on the anterior. Pappus a membranous rim or 0. Britain: 7 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Species code | Content |
| aurea (Loefl.) Sch. Bip. | ||
| decipiens (Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) K. Koch | ||
| disciformis (C.A. Mey.) DC. | ||
| discoidea DC. | Description, Image | |
| oreades Boiss. | ||
| recutita L. | ||
| trichophylla (Boiss.) Boiss. |
Other sources of information about Matricaria:
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): MatricariaGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Matricaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Matricaria
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Matricaria
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