Taxon: Matricaria discoidea DC.

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Common names:

• disc mayweed   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• false chamomile   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• pineapple-weed   (Source: Dict Gard [as M. matricarioides]) – English
  
• rayless chamomile   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• rounded chamomile   (Source: Econ Pl Aust [as M. matricarioides]) – English
  
• tong hua mu ju   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• matricaire odorante   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• strahlenlose Kamille   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• gatkamomill   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide F Eur; Intermt F; Econ Pl Aust)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Far East
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
  Northern Africa: Morocco
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Georgia
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Eastern Siberia, Western Siberia
  China: China - Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Monggol
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu [n.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia [s.e.]
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Faroe Islands; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy; Macedonia; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Guatemala
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

• exact native range obscure

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. ["dioscoidea"].
• Bremer, K. & C. J. Humphries. 1993. Generic monograph of the Asteraceae-Anthemideae. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. London, Bot. 23(2):154. [= Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter].
• Committee on Stabilization. 1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names. Taxon 24:175. [= Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter].
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. [= Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter].
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1991. Additional notes on the Asteraceae of Louisiana. Sida 14:514–517.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. [= Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. [= M. matricarioides].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter].
• Laínz; M. & E. Loriente. 1983. Contribuciones al conocimiento de la flora montanesa: 2. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 39:412. [= Matricaria matricarioides (Less.) Porter].
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. [= M. matricarioides].
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rauschert, S. 1974. Nomenklatorische Probleme in der Gattung Matricaria L. Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 9:249–260.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Wagenitz, G. 1987. Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa. ed. 1:1906-1931; ed. 2:1936-68; ed. 3:1966- 6(4):584.

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Matricaria discoidea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Matricaria discoidea.

Synonyms:

• (=) Artemisia matricarioides auct.
  
• (=) Chamomilla suaveolens (Pursh) Rydb.
  
• (=) Matricaria matricarioides auct.
  
• (=) Matricaria suaveolens (Pursh) Buchenau
  
• (=) Santolina suaveolens Pursh
  

Check other web resources for Matricaria discoidea DC.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Euro+Med Plantbase: Information Resource for Euro-Mediterranean Plant Diversity
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

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