Asteraceae
Chamaemelum

Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.

First published in Fl. Pedem. 1: 185 (1785)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Azores, W. Europe to NW. Africa. It is an annual or biennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Algeria, Azores, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Morocco, Portugal, Spain

Introduced into:

Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Central European Russia, Colombia, Connecticut, Czechia-Slovakia, Delaware, Germany, Haiti, Illinois, Indiana, Italy, Krym, Madeira, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Pakistan, Poland, South Australia, Switzerland, Tasmania, Ukraine, Victoria, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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 China Editorial Committee (1988-2013). Checklist & Addendum. Flora of China Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). Flora of North America North of Mexico 19(1): 1-579. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Ghafoor, A. (2002). Flora of Pakistan 207: 1-172. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Hassler, M. & Muer, T. (2022). Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild 2: 865-1712. Verlag Regionalkultur, Uberstadt-Weiher.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Muer, T., Sauerbier, H. & Cabrara Calixto, F. (2020). Die Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Madeiras: 1-792. Verlag und Versandbuchhandlung Andreas Kleinsteuber.
  • Schäfer, H. (2021). Flora of the Azores a field guide: 1-445. Margraf Publishers GmbH.
  • Stace, C. (2019). New Flora of the British Isles ed. 4: 1-1266. C & M Floristics.
  • 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/.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2011). Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2005-2022). The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.
  • von Raab-Straube, E. (ed.) (2011). Compositae. Euro+Med Plantbase. The Euro+Med PlantBase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/query.asp.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Allen, D., Bilz, M., Leaman, D.J., Miller, R.M., Timoshyna, A., & Window, J. (2014). European Red List of medicinal plants. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg 10:907382.
  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • GRIN (2021). Germplasm Resources Information Network from the United States Department of Agriculture. https://www.ars-grin.gov/
  • Garcia, H. (1992). Flora Medicinal de Colombia. Botánica Médica. Segunda Edición. Tercer Mundo Editores. Tomo III.
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/
  • PROTA (2021). Plants Resources of Tropical Africa. https://prota4u.org/database/
  • Plants for malaria, plants for fever: Medicinal species in Latin America, a bibliographic survey: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • RBG, Kew (2021). Kew Economic Botany Collection. https://ecbot.science.kew.org/
  • Willis, K.J. (ed.) (2017). State of the World’s Plants 2017. Report. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Aug 1, 2020 Christenhusz, M.J.M. [MC9042] United Kingdom K001400702 Yes
Britton, C.E. [221] United Kingdom K002709953 Yes
Wyatt, J.W. [59] United Kingdom K002709911 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002709979 Yes
[Schlyer] [s.n.] France K002709987 Yes
Brenan, J.P.M.; Simpson, N.D.; [R. C. L. Burzes] [5151] K002709928 Yes
Leathes, G.R. (Revd) [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709918 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002709992 Yes
Forster [s.n.] K002709897 Yes
Hutchinson, J.; Matthews, J.R.; Riley, L.A.M. [359] Qatar K002709996 Yes
Willmott, E.A. [s.n.] France K002709997 Yes
Warion, A. [58] Algeria K002490253 Yes
s.coll. [102] K002709981 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709927 Yes
Frith [s.n.] K002490311 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709959 Yes
Taylor, H. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709924 Yes
Airy Shaw, H.K. [4798] United Kingdom K002709929 Yes
[J. McK. Moon] [s.n.] Ireland K002709962 Yes
Parker [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709931 Yes
McCallum-Webster, M. [5972a] Guernsey K002709975 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002709986 Yes
[Ex herb. Bonnet] [s.n.] France K002709995 Yes
Toularlier, C. [s.n.] France K002709984 Yes
Cope, T.A. [RBG 262] United Kingdom K000914455 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002709991 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002709988 Yes
Murray, R.P. [s.n.] K002490284 Yes
Ballard, F.; [E. A. Golby] [63] K002709964 Yes
Ritchings, C.R. [s.n.] K002709933 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002490314 Yes
Lindberg, H. [4026] Morocco K002490248 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002709989 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002490313 Yes
Taylor, P.G. [1094] United Kingdom K002709904 Yes
Lacroix, T. [1247] France K002709990 Yes
Munby, G. [s.n.] Algeria K002490255 Yes
[Eyre degrespegnes] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709938 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] France K002709982 Yes
Jackson, A.B.; Jackson, A.K. [58] K002709967 Yes
W. S. (Wm Stevens) [s.n.] K002709935 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709915 Yes
J.D.H. [s.n.] Australia K002490288 Yes
Boissier, P.E.; Reuter, G.F. [s.n.] Algeria K002490251 Yes
[Ex herb. Bonnet] [s.n.] France K002709998 Yes
Barton, V.E. [H1961] United Kingdom K002709932 Yes
Notcutt, W.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709925 Yes
Burns, T.E. [689] Australia K002490285 Yes
Meebold, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709901 Yes
Hommey, J. [s.n.] France K002709994 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] Guernsey K002709973 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709957 Yes
Tenore [s.n.] Italy K002490001 Yes
Bruce, E.A. [40] United Kingdom K002709899 Yes
Faure, A. [s.n.] Algeria K002490256 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [17263] United Kingdom K002709950 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] Guernsey K002709972 Yes
Jackson, A.K.; Shaw, H.K.A. [167] K002709966 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002490320 Yes
Bonnet [s.n.] France K002709983 Yes
Darwell, L.; Blunt [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709914 Yes
Britton, C.E.; Johnston, H.H. [857] United Kingdom K002490316 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [12] United Kingdom K002709907 Yes
Flintoff, R.J. [[H22841934]] United Kingdom K002709958 Yes
Meyen [s.n.] K002490300 Yes
Soejarto, D. [5451 C] United States K002490310 Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R.; Burtt, B.L. [377] United Kingdom K002709961 Yes
Parker [s.n.] K002709934 Yes
Ballard, F.; [E. A. Golby] [63] K002709965 Yes
W.A.S. [s.n.] Canada K002709955 Yes
Cosson, E. [s.n.] Algeria K002490252 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002490254 Yes
Lagreze-Fossat [s.n.] France K002709985 Yes
Burns, T.E. [189] Australia K002490286 Yes
Metcalfe, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709910 Yes
Watson, W. [s.n.] Ireland K002709976 Yes
Tenore [s.n.] Italy K002490002 Yes
Wood, W.; [Horticulturisto] [H449] United Kingdom K002490318 Yes
Churchill, G.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709898 Yes
s.coll. [183] K002709978 Yes
Gandoger, M. [[11]] Italy K002709999 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001739166 Yes
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Algeria K002490250 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709940 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709919 Yes
Hubbard, C.E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002490315 Yes
Faure, A. [s.n.] Algeria K002490257 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709941 Yes
Hooking, A. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709900 Yes
Stock, D. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709937 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [26326] Ireland K002709977 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709954 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709942 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709921 Yes
Somerville, A.; [Ar. Burnett] [819] Guernsey K002709971 Yes
[D. Rcclitoh] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002490319 Yes
Wallace, E.C. [368] United Kingdom K002709952 Yes
Notcutt, W.L. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709923 Yes
Ross-Craig, S.; Sealy, J.R.; Burtt, B.L. [377] United Kingdom K002709960 Yes
[L. W. E. Forster] [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709916 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jersey K002709970 Yes
Salisbury, E.J. [s.n.] K002709930 Yes
[GWR] [H2517/32] K002490312 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709902 Yes
Foster, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709917 Yes
Joad, G.C. [s.n.] K002709956 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Jersey K002709969 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [12] United Kingdom K002709908 Yes
Horwood, A.R. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709951 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] Guernsey K002709974 Yes
Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001739167 Yes
Turrill, W.B. [12] United Kingdom K002709906 Yes
Worsdell, W.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709905 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002709936 Yes
Laurence [27] Australia K002490287 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002709980 Yes
Bourgeau, E. [s.n. ] Algeria K002490249 Yes
Algeria K000410976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomas [s.n.] Italy K002710000 Yes
Proudlock, R.L. [121] United Kingdom K002709968 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [30790] United Kingdom K002709922 Yes
Thurston, E. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709903 Yes
Riley, L.A.M. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709926 Yes
Drummond, R.B. [1] United Kingdom K002709963 Yes
Fournier, G. [2005] France K002709993 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002709920 Yes
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Algeria Chamaemelum nobile f. duplicatum K002490258 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Algeria Chamaemelum nobile f. duplicatum K002490260 Yes
Balansa, B. [s.n.] Algeria Chamaemelum nobile f. duplicatum K002490259 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20275] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709949 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709946 Yes
Clarke, C.B. [[109H]] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709948 Yes
[Hewett Watson] [s.n.] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709947 Yes
Ridley, H.N. [s.n.] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709944 Yes
Gilmour, J.S.L. [H18901953] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709943 Yes
Jackson, A.B.; Fraser, J. [s.n.] United Kingdom Chamaemelum nobile f. discoideum K002709945 Yes

Sources

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    • '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.
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    • Copyright applied to individual images

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    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0