Chamomile dog , or Chamomile stinky , or dog chamomile ( lat. Anthemis cotula ) - a type of annual herbaceous plants of the Asteraceae family, or Asteraceae , with a characteristic strongly unpleasant odor.
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Anthemis cotula L. , 1753 |
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- Anthemis foetida Lam.
- Anthemis psorosperma Ten.
- Anthemis ramosa Link ex Spreng.
- Chamaemelum cotula (L.) All.
- Maruta cotula (L.) DC.
- Maruta foetida Cass.
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The specific epithet of the Latin name is derived from the Greek word for "small bowl", which is associated with the description of the shape of flowers, was introduced by Karl Linnaeus in the second volume of Species Plantarum in 1753.
Botanical illustration from the book
Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen , 1887
The view comes from the Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa. Distributed in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, successfully naturalized in North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. In Russia, it is found everywhere in Siberia.
Ordinary habitats are located on wastelands, near roads, near fences and housing, can penetrate the fields and form almost clean thickets. It is found on the sandbanks of the rivers. Because of its ability to penetrate crops, the species is considered a weed.
A 15-30 cm tall branching at the base, with erect or ascending stems and a thin taproot. Stems usually bare less often covered with infrequent hairs. Leaves without petioles in the outline of an ovate-oblong shape, twice pinnately dissected into narrowly oblong (about 1 mm wide) and short pointed segments. The edge of the leaves is solid or two or three toothed.
Single baskets are planted on thin stalks, without thickening. The receptacle is convex with bracts over the entire surface. Median flowers are yellow, tubular and bisexual. Flowering lasts from June to August. The fruits begin to ripen from the end of July.
There is information about the medical use of the plant. Harvest ground parts of the plant during flowering. In folk medicine, used infusion of herbs and decoctions of dried raw materials.
The plant is considered poisonous for horses, dogs and cats.
- ↑ About the conditionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a higher taxon for the group of plants described in this article, see the section “APG Systems” of the article “Dicotyledons” .
- Gubanov I.A. and others. 1263. Anthemis cotula L. - Chamomile stinky, or Dog chamomile // Illustrated determinant of plants in Central Russia. In 3 t . - M .: T-in scientific. ed. KMK, In-t technologist. survey., 2004. - T. 3. Angiosperms (dicotyledons: otloplepestnye). - p. 327. - ISBN 5-87317-163-7 .
- Flora of the USSR : in 30 tons. / Started by hand. and under ch. ed. V.L. Komarov . - M. L .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR , 1961. - T. 26 / ed. volume B. K. Shishkin , E. G. Bobrov . - p. 63-64. - 938 s. - 2400 copies
- Anthemis cotula : information about the taxon in the Plantarium project (a determinant of plants and an illustrated atlas of species).
