Anthemis cotula L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCompositae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus:  Anthemis// Species: Anthemis cotula L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Fernandes (1976 in Tutin et al.) 

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native to Madeira, from Europe to Central and West Asia, North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Ruderal areas. Recorded in village of Shtalkovica.

Flowering period: Summer – fall: JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT.

Anthemis cotula – habit. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – capitulum. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – capitulum. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – capitulum. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – involucre of capitulum. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula –spent capitulum. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – stem with leaves. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – stem with leaves. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – stem with leaves. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – capitulum. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – receptacle with scalesin the upper half. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Anthemis cotula – achenes. Scale in mm. Specimen from Osogovo, village of Shtalkovica, 29.10.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Anthemis cotula. Greuter, W. 2006+: Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von, Compositae. Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a48ca852-9805-439b-8025-307ce4e6d760 [Accessed 25.02.2026].

Anthemis cotula L. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:177259-1 [Accessed 30.10.2022].

Fernandes, R. 1976. Anthemis L. In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 145–159.

Last update: 25.02.2026.