Chamomilla recutita (common chamomile)

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M. recutita is a glabrous annual aromatic herb, 10-60 cm tall with erect or ascending stems, much branched above.

NOVARTIS (from GEIGY Weed Tables No. 113)

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Plant parts of M. recutita: (A) typical leaf; (B) seedling.

NOVARTIS (from GEIGY Weed Tables No. 113)

Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert

Preferred Common Name

common chamomile

Other Scientific Names

Chamomilla vulgaris K.Koch
Matricaria chamomilla auct.
Matricaria recutita L.
Matricaria recutita L.
Tripleurospermum recutita

International Common Names

English: dogs chamomile; German chamomile; Hungarian chamomile; pinheads; scented mayweed; scented mayweed; sweet false chamomile; wild chamomile
Spanish: camomila borda; magarza; manzanilla bastarda; manzanilla comun; manzanilla de aragon; manzanilla loca
French: camomille ordinaire; fausse camomille; fleure de camomile; matricaire; matricaire camomille; matricaire chamomille; petite camomille
Russian: romanska aptecnaja
Arabic: gul-e-boonah
Portuguese: camomila; margaça-das-botias; margaca-das-boticas

Local Common Names

Brazil: camomila dos alemoa; camomila vulgar; mecanilha
Bulgaria: lajka
Czechoslovakia (former): hermánek pravý; rumanek
Denmark: vellugtende kamille
Egypt: babouning
Finland: kamelisaunio; kamomillasaunio; tuoksusauniot
Germany: Echte Kamille; Feldkamille; Kamille; Kamillenbluten; Kleinekimille; Mutterkraut
Hungary: szekfu kamilla
India: pushpkamila
Iraq: baboon; baboonij
Italy: camomilla commune; camomilla comune; capomille; chamomilla vulgare
Japan: kamitsure
Netherlands: echte Kamille; stinkkruid
Norway: kamilleblom
Peru: manzanilla comun
Sweden: kamomill; sotblomster; sotkamomill
Turkey: makikipapatya; papatya
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro): kamilica

EPPO code

MATCH (Matricaria chamomilla)

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chamomilla
Species: Chamomilla recutita

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Last updated: 21 Jul 2022

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Origin	First Reported	Reference	Notes
Africa
Egypt	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Seebens et al. (2017)
Réunion	Present	Introduced	1982	Seebens et al. (2017)
Tunisia	Present			Holm et al. (1997)
Asia
Afghanistan	Present, Widespread			UPHOF (1968) Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
Bangladesh	Present			CABI (Undated a)
Bhutan	Present	Introduced	2009	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria chamomilla
India	Present			Clapham et al. (1987) Holm et al. (1997)
Iran	Present			UPHOF (1968) Holm et al. (1979) Shahraeen et al. (2002)
Iraq	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979)
Israel	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Japan	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Jordan	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Pakistan	Present			Fazal Hadi and Muhammad Ibrar (2015) Shah et al. (2014)
Qatar	Present			Shaltout and Post (1993)
South Korea	Present			Kang et al. (1996) Park et al. (2010)
Turkey	Present			Holm et al. (1979) Pala (2020)
Europe
Austria	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holzner and Immonen (1982) Holm et al. (1997)
Belgium	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997) Seebens et al. (2017)
Bulgaria	Present, Widespread			Stanev et al. (1996) Moskova et al. (2018)
Czechia	Present			CABI (Undated) Kindlmann et al. (2020)	Original citation: Dostalek (1996)
Denmark	Present	Introduced	1700	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria recutita
Estonia	Present	Introduced	1777	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria chamomilla
Finland	Present			Holzner and Immonen (1982) Holm et al. (1997) CABI (Undated)
France	Present, Widespread			Barralis (1977) Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
-Corsica	Present	Introduced	1834	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria recutita
Germany	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Ramson et al. (1982) Holm et al. (1997) CABI (Undated)
Greece	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Efthimiadis et al. (1986) Chatzivassiliou et al. (2001)
Hungary	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
Iceland	Present	Introduced	1966	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria chamomilla
Ireland	Present, Few occurrences			Clapham et al. (1987) Stace (1997) Seebens et al. (2017) CABI (Undated)
Italy	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holzner and Immonen (1982) Holm et al. (1997)
Latvia	Present	Introduced	1839	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria chamomilla
Netherlands	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
Norway	Present			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
Poland	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Borowiec (1990) Holm et al. (1997) Kozłowska-Makulska et al. (2007)
Portugal	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
-Azores	Present	Introduced	1987	Seebens et al. (2017)	As: Matricaria recutita
Russia	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Serbia	Present			Marić et al. (2018) Stojanović et al. (2012)
Serbia and Montenegro	Present			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
Spain	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)
-Balearic Islands	Present			Fraga (1998)
Sweden	Present, Widespread			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997) Seebens et al. (2017)
Switzerland	Present			Holm et al. (1997)
United Kingdom	Present	Introduced	1632	Seebens et al. (2017) Clapham et al. (1987) Stace (1997) CABI (Undated)	As: Matricaria recutita
-Channel Islands	Present, Localized			Stace (1997)
North America
Canada	Present, Widespread			Frankton and Mulligan (1970) Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997) Seebens et al. (2017)
Costa Rica	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
United States	Present			Holm et al. (1997)
-Hawaii	Present	Introduced	1909	Seebens et al. (2017) Holm et al. (1979)	As: Matricaria chamomilla
-Missouri	Present			CABI (Undated)	Original citation: Yatskrevych & Turner, 1990
Oceania
Australia	Present			Hanf (1983) Clapham et al. (1987) Holm et al. (1997) Seebens et al. (2017)
New Zealand	Present			Matthews (1982) Holm et al. (1997)
South America
Argentina	Present			Holm et al. (1979) Amadeo (1987) CABI (Undated)
Brazil	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Chile	Present			Holm et al. (1979) Seebens et al. (2017)
Peru	Present			Holm et al. (1979)
Uruguay	Present			Holm et al. (1979) Holm et al. (1997)

Natural enemies

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Natural enemy	Type	Life stages	Specificity	References	Biological control in	Biological control on
Golovinomyces cichoracearum	Pathogen

References

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