Asteraceae
Matricaria

Matricaria discoidea DC.

First published in Prodr. 6: 50 (1838)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic America to U.S.A. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Greenland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon

Introduced into:

Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chatham Is., Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Inner Mongolia, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Leeward Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mexico Southeast, Morocco, Netherlands, New South Wales, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South Australia, South Georgia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Victoria, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Australia, Yakutiya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.471.3.1. epublication.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19: 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • GCC (2011). Global Compositae Checklist http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 1: 1-366. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Stalažs, A. (2024). List of vascular plants of Latvia (with Latvian names): 1-312. Dobele.
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census/.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2011). Asteraceae. Flora of China 20-21: 1-992. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis). [Cited as Matricaria matricarioides.]
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden. [Cited as Matricaria matricarioides.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.471.3.1. epublication.
  • (2023). https://moip-bio.msu.ru/wp-content/uploads/shovkun-bulletin-of-moscow-society-of-naturalists-128-1-2023.46-58.pdf. epublication.
  • Aver'ianov, L.V. & al. (2006). Illyustrirovannyi opredelitel' rastenii Leningradskoi oblasti: 1-799. Nauka, Moskva.
  • Benedi, C. & al. (eds.) in Castroviejo, S. & al. (eds.) (2019). Flora Iberica 16(III): 1453-2353. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid.
  • Dar, G.H. & Govaerts, R.H.A. (2025). Flora of Kashmir Himalaya: Sind Valley 2: 607-1262. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehradun, India.
  • Gorchakovskii, P.L. & al. (1994). Opredelitel' sosudistykkhrastenii srednego Urala: 1-524. Nauka, Moscow.
  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Krasnoborov, I.M. (ed.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 13: 1-499. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Malyschev, L.I., Peshkova, G.A. & Baikov, K.S. (eds.) (2007). Flora of Siberia 14: 1-210. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.
  • Pruski, J.F. (ed.) (2018). Flora Mesoamericana 5(2): 1-608. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • Vladimirov, V., Aybeke, M. & Kit Tan (2023). New floristic records in the Balkans: 51. Phytologia Balcanica 29: 259-310.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 5: 1-451. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Gunnlaug Löve] [s.n.] Iceland K002337709 Yes
[Vermaerew] [s.n.] Belgium K002337680 Yes
Rostan, E. [s.n.] Italy K002337712 Yes
Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. [379] Netherlands K002337704 Yes
Lindberg, P.H. [s.n.] Finland K002337692 Yes
Pin, C. [s.n.] France K002337694 Yes
Maas Geesteranus, R.A. [4189] Netherlands K002337706 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9356] United Kingdom K001400999 Yes
Ruyven, B. [s.n.] Netherlands K002337705 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Switzerland K002337728 Yes
Giuzery, F. [s.n.] Hungary K002337708 Yes
{Dörfler} [s.n.] Austria K002337678 Yes
Price, W.R. [s.n.] Denmark K002337690 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Kazakhstan K002338209 Yes
[Garice] [s.n.] K002337677 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [s.n.] Sweden K002337725 Yes
Woloszczak, E. [s.n.] Romania K002337714 Yes
[A. Baun] [s.n.] Germany K002337698 Yes
Fries, E. [s.n.] Sweden K002337726 Yes
[A. Brann] [s.n.] Germany K002337695 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002338293 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 243] United Kingdom K000914461 Yes
Waldi [s.n.] Croatia K002337685 Yes
[Caudwell], G.H. (Capt.) [191] Iceland K002337710 Yes
Enwald, R.; Knabe, C.A. [s.n.] Finland K002337691 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] Germany K002337697 Yes
Pénzes, A. [s.n.] Hungary K002337707 Yes
Geyer, G.A. [386] United States K000928484 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K002337718 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002337723 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [5327] France K002337693 Yes
Bgl, A. [s.n.] Russia K002337720 Yes
Price, W.R. [s.n.] Denmark K002337689 Yes
Vitek, E. [99-27] Austria K002337679 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Germany K002337699 Yes
Ahlberg, F. [s.n.] Sweden K002337724 Yes
Hartweg, K.T. [1800] United States K000928486 Type Yes
Todaro [426] Italy K002337713 Yes
Samuelsson, V. [s.n.] Sweden K002337727 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000928487 Unknown Type Material Yes
[P. Runmts] [s.n.] Germany K002337700 Yes
Ugolini, U.; Béguinot, A. [s.n.] Italy K002337711 Yes
Ledebour, C.F. [s.n.] K000928483 Type Yes
Syrejsczikow, D. [s.n.] Russia K002337719 Yes
Nyárády, E.J.; Bujorean, G. [s.n.] Romania K002337716 Yes
[C. Scheppig] [s.n.] Germany K002337696 Yes
Goloskokov, V. [s.n.] Kazakhstan K002338210 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K002337721 Yes
Prodan, I. [s.n.] Romania K002337715 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images