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'''''Anthemis tinctoria''''', or '''Golden Marguerite''' and '''Yellow Chamomile''',  is a species in the genus ''[[Anthemis]]'' of the Sunflower family (''Asteraceae'').
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This popular flower has several common names : Golden Marguerite, Marguerite Daisy, Dyer's Chamomile, Ox-eye Chamomile, Boston Daisies, Paris Daisies.
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It is a short-lived biennal, occurring in the Mediterranean and western Asia. It has aromatic, bright green, feathery foliage. The serrate [[Leaf|leaves]] are bi-pinnatifid (= finely divided) and downy beneath. It grows to a height of 60 cm.
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It has yellow daisy-like terminal [[flower]]s on long thin angular stems, blooming in profusion during the summer.
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Anthemis tinctoria, Linn. Golden Marguerite. Fig. 218. Of bushy habit, 2-3 ft., with angular st. and pinnately divided, and again pinnatifid or cut-toothed Lvs., and large, daisy-like golden yellow fls. (1-2 in. across). Gn. 42, p. 91; V. 18:33. A. Kélwayi, Hort, (or var. Kélwayi, Hort.), has finer-cut foliage and deeper yellow fls. There is also a pale-rayed variety and a white-fld. form is sold under the name A. montana. Gn. 52:484. —An excellent hardy perennial border plant, and useful at the same time for cut-fls.
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Anthemis tinctoria, Linn. Golden Marguerite. Of bushy habit, 2-3 ft., with angular st. and pinnately divided, and again pinnatifid or cut-toothed Lvs., and large, daisy-like golden yellow fls. (1-2 in. across). A. Kelwayi, Hort, (or var. Kélwayi, Hort.), has finer-cut foliage and deeper yellow fls. There is also a pale-rayed variety and a white-fld. form is sold under the name A. montana. —An excellent hardy perennial border plant, and useful at the same time for cut-fls.
 
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==Cultivation==
| color = lightgreen
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| name = Yellow chamomile
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| image = Anthemistinctoria.jpg
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===Propagation===
| image_caption = Yellow Camomille (''Anthemis tinctoria'')
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
 
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
 
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
 
| genus = '''''[[Anthemis]]'''''
 
| species = '''''A. tinctoria'''''
 
| binomial = ''Anthemis tinctoria''
 
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
 
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[[Image:Oedemera lurida-2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Yellow chamomile flower with false blister beetle (''Oedemera lurida'')]]
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===Pests and diseases===
'''''Anthemis tinctoria''''', or '''Golden Marguerite''' and '''Yellow Chamomile''',  is a species in the genus ''[[Anthemis]]'' of the Sunflower family (''Asteraceae'').
 
  
This popular flower has several common names : Golden Marguerite, Marguerite Daisy, Dyer's Chamomile, Ox-eye Chamomile, Boston Daisies, Paris Daisies.
 
  
It is a short-lived biennal, occurring in the Mediterranean and western Asia. It has aromatic, bright green, feathery foliage. The serrate [[Leaf|leaves]] are bi-pinnatifid (= finely divided) and downy beneath. It grows to a height of 60 cm.
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==Varieties==
  
It has yellow daisy-like terminal [[flower]]s on long thin angular stems, blooming in profusion during the summer.
 
  
It has no culinary or commercial uses and only limited medicinal uses. However, it produces an excellent yellow, buff and golden-orange dye, used in the past for fabrics.
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==Gallery==
  
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Image:Oedemera lurida-2.jpg|Yellow chamomile flower with false blister beetle (''Oedemera lurida'')
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Image:Anthemis-habitat.JPG|Habitat
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Image:Anthemis tinctoria.JPG|Flowers
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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[[Image:Anthemis-habitat.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Habitat]]
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==References==
[[Image:Anthemis tinctoria.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Flowers]]
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<references/>
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
{{Commons|Anthemis tinctoria}}
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==External links==
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[[Category:Medicinal plants]]
 

Latest revision as of 17:31, 19 January 2010


Yellow Camomille (Anthemis tinctoria)


Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Scientific Names

Asteraceae >

Anthemis >

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Anthemis tinctoria, or Golden Marguerite and Yellow Chamomile, is a species in the genus Anthemis of the Sunflower family (Asteraceae).

This popular flower has several common names : Golden Marguerite, Marguerite Daisy, Dyer's Chamomile, Ox-eye Chamomile, Boston Daisies, Paris Daisies.

It is a short-lived biennal, occurring in the Mediterranean and western Asia. It has aromatic, bright green, feathery foliage. The serrate leaves are bi-pinnatifid (= finely divided) and downy beneath. It grows to a height of 60 cm.

It has yellow daisy-like terminal flowers on long thin angular stems, blooming in profusion during the summer.


Read about Anthemis tinctoria in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Anthemis tinctoria, Linn. Golden Marguerite. Of bushy habit, 2-3 ft., with angular st. and pinnately divided, and again pinnatifid or cut-toothed Lvs., and large, daisy-like golden yellow fls. (1-2 in. across). A. Kelwayi, Hort, (or var. Kélwayi, Hort.), has finer-cut foliage and deeper yellow fls. There is also a pale-rayed variety and a white-fld. form is sold under the name A. montana. —An excellent hardy perennial border plant, and useful at the same time for cut-fls.


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Cultivation

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Gallery

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