''Anthemis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of aromatic flowering plants in the

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

, closely related to ''

Chamaemelum ''Chamaemelum'' is a small genus of plants in the daisy family commonly known as chamomiles or dogfennels. Perhaps the best-known species is Roman chamomile, ''Chamaemelum nobile''. These are annual or perennial herbs, rarely exceeding half a me ...

'', and like that genus, known by the common name

chamomile Chamomile (American English) or camomile (British English; see spelling differences) ( or ) is the common name for several plants of the family Asteraceae. Two of the species, ''Matricaria recutita'' and ''Anthemis nobilis'', are commonly us ...

; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are native to the

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and southwest

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east to

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. A number of species have also become naturalized in the

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and other parts of the world. There are around 100 species within this genus. ''Anthemis'' species are used as food plants by the

larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. The ...

e of some

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species including ''

Orthonama obstipata ''Orthonama obstipata'', the gem, is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794. It is a cosmopolitan species. In continental Europe though in the northeast, its range does not signific ...

'' (The Gem) and '' Bucculatrix anthemidella'', a leaf-miner which feeds exclusively on ''Anthemis tinctoria''.

Cultivation and uses

Several species and

cultivar A cultivar is a type of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and when propagated retain those traits. Methods used to propagate cultivars include: division, root and stem cuttings, offsets, grafting, tissue culture, ...

s are available for garden use. ''A. punctata'' subsp. ''cupaniana'' and ''Anthemis tinctoria'' 'E.C. Buxton' have gained the

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Species

The following species are accepted: *''

Anthemis aaronsohnii ''Anthemis aaronsohnii'' is a member of the daisy family and is found in Lebanon and Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربي� ...

'' Eig *''

Anthemis abrotanifolia ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' (Willd.) Guss. *''

Anthemis abylaea ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' (Font Quer & Maire) Oberpr. *''

Anthemis aciphylla ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Boiss. *''

Anthemis adonidifolia ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Boiss. *''

Anthemis aeolica ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Lojac. *''

Anthemis aetnensis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Spreng. *''

Anthemis alpestris ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' (Hoffmanns. & Link) R.Fernandes *''

Anthemis ammanthus ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family (biology), family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''An ...

'' Greuter *'' Anthemis ammophila'' Boiss. & Heldr. *'' Anthemis anthemiformis'' (Freyn & Sint.) Grierson *'' Anthemis arenicola'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis argyrophylla'' Velen. *''

Anthemis arvensis ''Anthemis arvensis'', also known as corn chamomile, mayweed, scentless chamomile, or field chamomile is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''Anthemis'', in the aster family. It is used as an ornamental plant. Distribution ;Native :;P ...

'' L. *'' Anthemis atropatana'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis auriculata'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis austroiranica'' Rech.f., Aellen & Esfand. *'' Anthemis × bollei'' Sch.Bip. ex Asch. *'' Anthemis bornmuelleri'' Stoj. & Acht. *'' Anthemis bourgei'' Boiss. & Reut. *'' Anthemis boveana'' J.Gay *'' Anthemis brachycarpa'' Eig *'' Anthemis brachystephana'' Bornm. & Gauba *'' Anthemis breviradiata'' Eig *'' Anthemis bushehrica'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis candidissima'' Willd. ex Spreng. *'' Anthemis chia'' L. *''

Anthemis chrysantha Anthemis chrysantha (known in Spanish as manzanilla de Escombreras or "Escombreras chamomile") is an Ibero-North African annual plant, annual asteraceae endemism present in a few Cartagena (Spain), Cartagenan and Algerian islets and coastal locat ...

'' J.Gay *'' Anthemis concolor'' Lojac. *'' Anthemis confusa'' Pomel *'' Anthemis cornucopiae'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis corymbulosa'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *''

Anthemis cotula ''Anthemis cotula'', also known as stinking chamomile, or mayweed, is a flowering annual plant with a noticeable and strong odor. The odor is often considered unpleasant, and it is from this that it gains the common epithet "stinking". In pre-col ...

'' L. *'' Anthemis cretica'' L. *'' Anthemis cuneata'' Hub.-Mor. & Reese *'' Anthemis cupaniana'' Tod. ex Nyman *'' Anthemis cyrenaica'' Coss. *'' Anthemis davisii'' Yavin *'' Anthemis deserti'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis deserticola'' Krasch. & Popov *'' Anthemis dicksoniae'' Ghafoor *'' Anthemis didymaea'' Mouterde *'' Anthemis edumea'' Eig *'' Anthemis emasensis'' Eig *'' Anthemis fayedina'' Zareh *'' Anthemis filicaulis'' (Boiss. & Heldr.) Greuter *'' Anthemis fimbriata'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis freitagii'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis fumariifolia'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis fungosa'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *'' Anthemis funkii'' (Sch.Bip. ex Willk. & Lange) Benedí *'' Anthemis gharbensis'' Oberpr. *'' Anthemis gilanica'' Bornm. & Gauba *'' Anthemis gillettii'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis glaberrima'' (Rech.f.) Greuter *'' Anthemis glareosa'' E.Durand & Barratte *'' Anthemis gracilis'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis hamrinensis'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis handel-mazzettii'' Eig *'' Anthemis haussknechtii'' Boiss. & Reut. *'' Anthemis hebronica'' Boiss. & Kotschy *'' Anthemis hemistephana'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis hermonis'' Eig *'' Anthemis hirtella'' C.Winkl. *'' Anthemis homalolepis'' Eig *'' Anthemis hyalina'' DC. *'' Anthemis hydruntina'' E.Groves *'' Anthemis indurata'' Delile *'' Anthemis iranica'' Parsa *'' Anthemis ismelia'' Lojac. *'' Anthemis jordanovii'' Stoj. & Acht. *'' Anthemis kandaharica'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis karacae'' Güner *'' Anthemis kermanica'' Parsa *'' Anthemis kitaibelii'' Spreng. *'' Anthemis kotschyana'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis kruegeriana'' Pamp. *'' Anthemis laconica'' Franzén *'' Anthemis leptophylla'' Eig *'' Anthemis leucanthemifolia'' Boiss. & C.I.Blanche *'' Anthemis leucolepis'' Eig *'' Anthemis lithuanica'' Besser ex DC. *'' Anthemis lorestanica'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis macedonica'' Boiss. & Orph. *'' Anthemis macrotis'' (Rech.f.) Oberpr. & Vogt *'' Anthemis maris-mortui'' Eig *''

Anthemis maritima ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' L. *'' Anthemis marocana'' Batt. & Pit. *'' Anthemis mauritiana'' Maire & Sennen *'' Anthemis melampodina'' Delile *'' Anthemis melanacme'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *'' Anthemis micrantha'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *'' Anthemis microcephala'' (Schrenk) B.Fedtsch. *'' Anthemis microlepis'' Eig *'' Anthemis microsperma'' Boiss. & Kotschy *'' Anthemis mirheydari'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis moghanica'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis monilicostata'' Pomel *'' Anthemis muricata'' (DC.) Guss. *'' Anthemis nabataea'' Eig *'' Anthemis odontostephana'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis orbelica'' Pancic *'' Anthemis orientalis'' (L.) Degen *'' Anthemis parnesia'' Boiss. & Heldr. *'' Anthemis parvifolia'' Eig *'' Anthemis patentissima'' Eig *'' Anthemis pauciloba'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis pedunculata'' Desf. *'' Anthemis peregrina'' L. *'' Anthemis persica'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis pignattiorum'' Guarino, Raimondo & Domina *'' Anthemis pindicola'' Heldr. ex Halácsy *'' Anthemis plebeia'' Boiss. & Noë *'' Anthemis plutonia'' Meikle *'' Anthemis pseudocotula'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis pulvinata'' Brullo, Scelsi & Spamp. *'' Anthemis punctata'' Vahl *'' Anthemis pungens'' Yavin *'' Anthemis rascheyana'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis regis-borisii'' Stoj. & Acht. *'' Anthemis retusa'' Delile *'' Anthemis rhodensis'' Boiss. *'' Anthemis rhodocentra'' Iranshahr *'' Anthemis rigida'' Boiss. ex Heldr. *''

Anthemis rosea ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Sm. *'' Anthemis rumelica'' (Velen.) Stoj. & Acht. *'' Anthemis ruthenica'' M.Bieb. *'' Anthemis samariensis'' Turland *'' Anthemis scariosa'' Banks & Sol. *'' Anthemis schizostephana'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *'' Anthemis scopulorum'' Rech.f. *'' Anthemis scrobicularis'' Yavin *'' Anthemis secundiramea'' Biv. *'' Anthemis sheilae'' Ghafoor & Al-Turki *'' Anthemis sibthorpii'' Griseb. *'' Anthemis sintenisii'' Freyn *'' Anthemis spruneri'' Boiss. & Heldr. *'' Anthemis sterilis'' Steven *'' Anthemis stiparum'' Pomel *''

Anthemis susiana ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Nábelek *''

Anthemis taubertii ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' E.Durand & Barratte *''

Anthemis tenuicarpa ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Eig *''

Anthemis tenuisecta ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Ball *''

Anthemis tigreensis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' J.Gay ex A.Rich. *''

Anthemis tomentella ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Greuter *''

Anthemis tomentosa ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' L. *''

Anthemis tranzscheliana ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Fed. *''

Anthemis tricolor ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Boiss. *''

Anthemis tricornis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Eig *''

Anthemis tripolitana ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Boiss. & C.I.Blanche *''

Anthemis tubicina ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Boiss. & Hausskn. *''

Anthemis ubensis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Pomel *''

Anthemis virescens ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Velen. *''

Anthemis wallii ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Hub.-Mor. & Reese *''

Anthemis wettsteiniana ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Hand.-Mazz. *''

Anthemis xylopoda ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' O.Schwarz *''

Anthemis yemensis ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Podlech *''

Anthemis zaianica ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Oberpr. *''

Anthemis zoharyana ''Anthemis'' is a genus of aromatic flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, closely related to ''Chamaemelum'', and like that genus, known by the common name chamomile; some species are also called dog-fennel or mayweed. ''Anthemis'' are nativ ...

'' Eig

References

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