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Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.

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New Zealand
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(L.) All.
L.
All.
1785
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Chamaemelum nobile

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nobile

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Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.

Sweetly aromatic, creeping, perennial herb. Stems decumbent to ascending, to c. 20 cm tall, striate, moderately to densely hairy, much-branched from base. Basal and lower cauline lvs apetiolate, obovate, sparsely to moderately hairy, 3-pinnatisect, 15-50 × 5-15 mm; ultimate segments narrow-linear to subulate, entire, not all in one plane giving a feathery appearance; cauline lvs few, smaller than basal, oblong and becoming 1-pinnatisect. Involucral bracts sparsely hairy, 2-5 mm long; margins pale, membranous, often with an extended membranous flap at apex. Capitula solitary, c. 8-20-(30) mm diam.; ray florets 13-20, ♀; ligules white; disc florets numerous, yellow. Receptacle scales elliptic-oblong, obtuse and often irregular at apex. Achenes 1.1-1.2 mm long, narrow-obovoid, narrowed to apex, brown, with 1-4 narrow ribs on inner surface.

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Anthemis mixta sensu New Zealand Botanists
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.

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Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
7 September 2009
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