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Annual to tree
Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1–many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1–many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)4–5; stamens 4–5, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):1–28. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Annual, perennial herb, generally aromatic
Stems erect, generally branched
Leaves alternate, 1–3-pinnately lobed
Inflorescence: heads generally radiate, solitary; phyllaries overlapping in several series, margins scarious; receptacle conic, chaffy; chaff scales narrowly linear
Ray flowers < 25, fertile or sterile; ligules white or yellow
Disk flowers many; corollas yellow; anther tips ovate, bases rounded or ± cordate; style branches truncate with shrub-like tips
Fruit cylindric, ribbed or angled; pappus 0 or a short crown
Species in genus: ± 200 species: Eur, w Asia, n Africa
Etymology: (Greek for chamomile, Anthemis nobilis , see Chamaemelum n.)
Reference: [Ross-Craig 1960–1963 Drawings Brit Plants 16: plates 4,5]
| Introduced |
Annual; herbage generally not scented
Stems generally > 20 cm, erect or lowermost decumbent, sometimes rooting at nodes, generally branched from base, ± hairy
Leaves: blades 2–5 cm, 2-pinnately lobed
Inflorescence: heads radiate, 2–3 cm diam, generally solitary; peduncles long; phyllaries > 5 mm, green, margins brown, scarious; receptacle conic, chaffy throughout; chaff persistent, scales lanceolate, tapered upward to a sharp awn, ± same length as disk flowers
Ray flowers 15–20, pistillate; ligules 10–15 mm, white, reflexed
Fruit ± 2 mm, smooth, 5–10-ribbed; pappus a short crown
Chromosomes: 2n=18
Ecology: Uncommon. Escape from cultivated in disturbed areas, roadsides, fields
Elevation: > 1000 m.
Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, c High Sierra Nevada, expected more widely
Distribution outside California: native to Europe