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Anthemis arvensis, also known as corn chamomile, mayweed, scentless chamomile, or field chamomile, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is used as an ornamental plant.
Distribution
- Native
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- Palearctic
- Macaronesia: Azores, Canary Islands
- Northern Africa: Algeria, Tunisia
- Western Asia: Sinai, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
- Caucasus: Georgia, North Caucasus
- Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Central Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
- East Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea
- Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Crete, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia
- Southwestern Europe: France Corsica, Portugal, Spain, Balearic Islands
- Introduced
Widely naturalized in North and South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia.
Subspecies
Six subspecies are accepted.
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. acrochordona Briq. & Cavill. – France, Italy, Sardinia
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. arvensis – Macaronesia, Europe, north Africa, Western Asia
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. cyllenea (Halácsy) R.Fern. – Greece including Cyclades
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. glabra (Rouy) Jeanm. – Corsica
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. incrassata (Loisel.) Nyman – Morocco and Mediterranean Europe from Portugal to Crete
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. sphacelata (C.Presl) R.Fern. – southern Italy and Sicily
References
External links
- Media related to Anthemis arvensis at Wikimedia Commons
- UniProt. "Anthemis arvensis". Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- BBC Gardening: Anthemis arvensis
- Plants For A Future: Anthemis arvensis
- Anthemis arvensis Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Anthemis arvensis