Matricaria chamomilla (Chamomile Daisy) at Curtin, ACT

Chamomile Daisy at Curtin, ACT

Matricaria chamomilla at Curtin, ACT - 7 May 2020

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Identification history

Matricaria chamomilla	22 May 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified	4 May 2020	RAllen

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11 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

4 May 2020

Photos of at least two leaves and a bit of stem, basal leaves if present and of the whole plant are needed to determine the ID and whether this is a native or a nasty weed.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 May 2020

Richard pretty sure this is the annual chamomile plant (Matricaria chamomilla) http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Matricaria
A medicinal herb and only occasionally naturalised in Australia - don't think it has a high weed risk

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 May 2020

Pick the flowers and make a tea for yourself

RAllen wrote:

6 May 2020

Have more pictures. How do I add them here?

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

6 May 2020

Click on the edit box in the top right, and add additional pictures in the same way as you added the original - Thanks

RAllen wrote:

6 May 2020

Thanks

BettyDonWood wrote:

7 May 2020

I agree with Matricaria chamomilla. However until editing is up and running again I cannot add that name to the CNM list.

michaelb wrote:

7 May 2020

We have Matricaria chamomilla as a synonym for Matricaria discoidea, so it is already on our lists. Is this correct? See: https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Species/14950

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 May 2020

Afraid not. They are separate species. Matricaria chamomilla is a misapplication of M. discoidea only in the flora used in Tasmania. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Matricaria+discoidea&inc._scientific=&inc._cultivar=&inc._other=&max=100&display=apni&search=true
ALA used to make it an alternate name, but no longer does so.

michaelb wrote:

8 May 2020

Ok - another thing to fix when we get the Admin working again.

michaelb wrote:

23 May 2020

Synonym removed, see above.

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