Anthemis arvensis L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Anthemis arvensis L.

• Description

  Species Description - Similar to no. 3 [Anthemis cotula L.], commonly a little more hairy, and not ill-scented; lvs appearing a little less finely dissected; heads averaging a little larger; rays pistillate and fertile; receptacle chaffy throughout, its bracts softer, paleaceous, with short, cuspidate awn-tip; achenes not tuberculate; 2n=18. Fields and waste places; native of Europe, naturalized over most of the U.S., and widespread in our range. May–Aug.

• Common Names

  corn-chamomile