Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Anthemis nobilis L. Sp. PI. 894. 1753
Anihemis odorata Lam. Fl. Fr. 2: 163. 1778.
Chamaetnelum nohilc AW. Fl. Fed. I: 185. 1785.
Chamomiila nohi'.is Godron. Fl. Lorr. 2: 19. 1843.
Ormenis nobilis J. Gav.; Coss. & Germ. Svn. Fl. Par. 153. 1S4S.
Matricaria nobilis Baillon, Hist. PI. 8: 309. 1882.
A perennial aromatic leafy herb; stems 1-3 dm. high, pubescent, branched, decumbent to erect; leaves 2-4 cm. long, VTUous-hirsute, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, with short linear-lanceolate cuspidate di-isions; heads solitarjat the ends of the branches; involucre saucer-shaped, about 5 mm. high and 10 mm. broad; outer bracts lance-ov'ate, obtuse, the inner elliptic, rounded at the apex, with white scarious margins; receptacle conic; paleae membranous, concave, oblong, obtuse, often erose at the ape.x; ligules white, 6-10 ram. long, 2-3 mm. wide; diskcorollas 3 mm. long; tube cylindric, longer than the throat; achenes somewhat pyriform, 1-1.5 mm. long, yellowish, with 3 filiform ridges on the inner side; pappus none.
Type locautv: Europe.
Distribution: lUiode Island to North Carolina, escaped from cultivation; native of western Eurotie.
- bibliographic citation
- Per Axel Rydberg. 1916. (CARDUALES); CARDUACEAE; TAGETEAE, ANTHEMIDEAE. North American flora. vol 34(3). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
