Anthemis cotula is most similar to matricaria recutita (scented mayweed), differing in the less pleasant smell, the fewer ray florets and the more obvious brown margin of the phyllaries.
Common name:
Stinking chamomile
Family:
Scientific name:
Anthemis cotula
Main flower color:
Range:
South and central England, and eastern Wales
Height:
Up to 50 cm
Habitat:
Disturbed ground, field margins
Flowers:
Solitary flowerheads, at the tips of the stem branches; between 10 and 15 white ray florets around a domed centre of greenish-yellow disc florets. Rays form a little time after the discs. Phyllaries are hairless, green, often slightly brown (scarious) along the margins. Tiny, linear scales are present between the inner disc florets
Leaves:
Hairless, finely-divided into narrow, linear segments, pointed at the tip
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
