Anthemis arvensis
| Anthemis arvensis | |
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| Corn chamomile[1] | |
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Genus: | Anthemis | 
| Species: | A. arvensis | 
| Binomial name | |
| Anthemis arvensis | |
| Synonyms[2][3][4] | |
| Synonymy 
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Anthemis arvensis, also known as corn chamomile, mayweed, scentless chamomile,[5] or field chamomile,[6][7] is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is used as an ornamental plant.
Distribution

- Native[6]
-  - Palearctic
- Macaronesia: Azores, Canary Islands
- Northern Africa: Algeria, Tunisia
- Western Asia: Sinai, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey
- Caucasus: Georgia, North Caucasus
- Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Central Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
- East Europe: Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea
- Southeastern Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Crete, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia
- Southwestern Europe: France Corsica, Portugal, Spain, Balearic Islands
 
- Introduced
Widely naturalized in North and South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia.[6][8][9][10][11][12][13]
Subspecies
Six subspecies are accepted.[14]
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. acrochordona Briq. & Cavill. – France, Italy, Sardinia
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. arvensis – Macaronesia, Europe, north Africa, Western Asia
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. cyllenea (Halácsy) R.Fern. – Greece including Cyclades
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. glabra (Rouy) Jeanm. – Corsica
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. incrassata (Loisel.) Nyman – Morocco and Mediterranean Europe from Portugal to Crete
- Anthemis arvensis subsp. sphacelata (C.Presl) R.Fern. – southern Italy and Sicily
References
- ^ illustration from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte : Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, by Franz Eugen Köhler, 1883-1914
- ^ "Search results — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
- ^ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Anthemis arvensis ". Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Anthemis arvensis". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Anthemis arvensis L." Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
- ^ a b c "Anthemis arvensis L." Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- ^ NRCS. "Anthemis arvensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "Anthemis arvensis in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ "Anthemis arvensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
- ^ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map".
- ^ Australia, Atlas of Living. "Anthemis arvensis : Field Chamomile". bie.ala.org.au.
- ^ Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 42: 1–157.
- ^ Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
- ^ "Anthemis arvensis L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
External links
 Media related to Anthemis arvensis at Wikimedia Commons Media related to Anthemis arvensis at Wikimedia Commons
- UniProt. "Anthemis arvensis". Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- BBC Gardening: Anthemis arvensis
- Plants For A Future: Anthemis arvensis
- Anthemis arvensis Archived 2014-10-08 at the Wayback Machine
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