Matricaria maritima 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

  Matricaria maritima L.

• Description

  Species Description - Short-lived, often annual, nearly inodorous herb 1–7 dm, glabrous or nearly so; lvs 2–8 cm, bipinnatifid, the ultimate segments mostly elongate, linear or linear-filiform, sometimes shorter and broader; heads several or numerous, the disk 8–15 mm wide; outer invol bracts narrow and scarcely or barely scarious-margined; rays 12–25, 6–13 mm; disk-cors 5-toothed; receptacle hemispheric, rounded; achenes as described in the key; 2n=18, 36. Native of Europe, established along roadsides and in waste places in our range. July–Sept. (M. perforata; M. inodora; Chamomilla i.; C. maritima)

• Common Names

  scentless chamomile