Anthemis

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Anthemis (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.

Read about Anthemis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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