Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Chamomilla// Species: Matricaria chamomilla L.
Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Kay, 1976 in Tutin et al. (Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert) and Gajić, 1975 in Josifović, (Matricaria chamomilla L.). The accepted name in The Euro+Med PlantBase (Greuter, 2006+) is Matricaria chamomilla L.
Lifeform: Annual plant. Therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia to Indo-China; North Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Disturbed ground – roadsides, footpaths, cultivated land, wasteland, in and near settlements and other ruderal areas.
Flowering period: Late spring- early summer (MAY, JUN).
Locality: village of Beli region. Date: 15.05.2022.
Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– upper part of plant with capitula. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– capitulum. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– capitulum. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– capitulum. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– capitulum. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– capitulum – receptacle with florets. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– involucre of capitulum. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– stems with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– stem with leaves. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Locality: village of Beli region. Date: 18.06.2022.
Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Matricaria chamomilla– fruiting capitulum with achenes. Hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Gajić, M. 1975. Rod Matricaria L. In Josifović (ed.), Flora SR Srbije, VII. Beograd: Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti, pp. 110–113.
Kay, Q. O. N. 1976. Chamomilla S. F. Gray. 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, p. 167.
Matricaria chamomilla. Source: Greuter, W. (2006+): Compositae (pro parte majore). – In: Greuter, W. & Raab-Straube, E. von (ed.): Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d9f8a7fa-8f44-4a2e-b869-f809a0cfec44 [Accessed 21.12.2022].
