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Weed Science & Agronomy
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Bayer Code : antau

Scientific name: Anthemis austriaca Jacquin


Synonym(s) of Sc. name: Anthemis cotiformis Velen.

Classification: Compositae, Dicotyledonous

Common name: Austrian chamomile

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Österreichische Hundskamille ; ES : antemis austriaca ; FR : anthemis d'Autriche ; IT : camomilla austriaca ; PT : ; EN : Austrian chamomile ;

Biological type: Annual Seedling snapshot

Seedling:

-Cotyledons round to oval, rounded at the top, sessile.

- Foliage leaves divided with narrow, almost linear segments; first pinnate, later bipinnate ; softly haired.

- Seedling differs little from Anthemis ruthenica .


Adult plant snapshotAdult plant snapshot Adult plant:

- Height: 10-60 cm.

- Stem erect, usually well branched with oblique upright branches, hairy.

- Foliage leaves regularly multi-pinnate, woolly pubescent.

- Flower : heads single, with yellow disk florets and white ray florets, 2-3,5 cm diameter.

- Seed compressed, acute-angled.

- When ground, plant has a spicy scent.

- Biological type: annual

- Spread: comes from the East; often found in warm, summer-arid areas in Great-Britain.

Mistake with: Anthemis ruthenica


Ecological profile (click on flags): Germany   Present    

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