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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Yellow chamomile
| image = Anthemistinctoria.jpg
| image_caption = Yellow Camomille (''Anthemis tinctoria'')
| 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.]]
}}
[[Image:Oedemera lurida-2.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Yellow chamomile flower with false blister beetle (''Oedemera lurida'')]]
'''''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.
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.
[[Image:Anthemis-habitat.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Habitat]]
[[Image:Anthemis tinctoria.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Flowers]]
{{Commons|Anthemis tinctoria}}
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Europe]]
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[[Category:Flora of the United Kingdom]]
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