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'''''Anthemis''''' (''[[Syllable stress of Botanical Latin|Án-the-mis]]'') is a genus of about 100 species of aromatic herbs in the [[Asteraceae]], closely related to ''[[Chamaemelum]]'', and like that genus, known by the common name '''[[Chamomile]]'''; some species are also called '''Dog-fennel''' or '''Mayweed'''. However, [[Mayweed]] is improperly used for this genus since Mayweed refers to the ''[[Matricaria]]'' genus. Anthemis are native to the [[Mediterranean]] region and southwest [[Asia]] east to [[Iran]]. They have been grown in and have become native to [[England]]/[[United Kingdom]].

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Anthemis (Greek name of the chamomile). Compositae. Chamomile. Pyrethrum-like heavy-scented plants, annual, biennial or perennial, members of a large, Old World temperate-region genus, used in borders and alpine gardens.

Heads many-fld., the disk yellow, the rays white and yellow and (in the common cult, species) pistillate, the receptacle conical and chaffy, the achenes terete or ribbed, and either naked or bearing a minute crown: Lvs. pinnately dissected.

Two or three of the species are weeds. Others are excellent border plants. The true chamomile is a medicinal plant. The hardy perennial species, which alone are grown in this country, are easily handled in the border, where they bloom from midsummer till frost. They thrive in almost any soil, but need full exposure to sun.

Propagation is by seeds or division of the clumps, usually the latter.

A. Aizoon, Griseb.-Achillea ageratifolia. Gn. 24:342.—A. arabica, Linn.-Cladanthus.—A. coronaria, Hort.-Chrysanthemum coronarium.—A. floribunda, Hort. Dwarf: Lvs. much dissected: fl.-heads pure white. — A. Biebersteiniana, Koch, is found in some catalogues. It is an alpine plant with pinnate Lvs., which are silvery, and yellow fls. Can be cult. only in the alpine garden.
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==Cultivation==


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==Species==
''Anthemis'' contains about 100 species, including the following:
*''Anthemis altissima''
*''[[Anthemis arvensis]]''
*''Anthemis austriaca''
*''Anthemis cinerea''
*''[[Anthemis cotula]]''
*''Anthemis cretica''
*''Anthemis haussknechtii''
*''Anthemis macedonica''
*''Anthemis marschalliana''
*''[[Anthemis nobilis]]'' (also known as ''Chamaemelum nobile''), [[Roman chamomile]]
*''Anthemis punctata''
*''Anthemis rosea''
*''Anthemis sanci-johannis''
*''Anthemis secundiramea''
*''Anthemis styriaca''
*''[[Anthemis tinctoria]]''
*''Anthemis triumfetti''
*''Anthemis tuberculata''

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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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