Matricaria
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Matricaria is a genus of small flowering plants in the daisy family, which includes species like chamomile that have been used traditionally in herbal remedies and teas. These plants matter because they are widely cultivated and used around the world for medicinal purposes, and some species have become naturalized in many regions as common weeds.
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Species
Matricaria
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares
General: Matricaria, from L. matrix, womb, so called because
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Research
1,001 papers- Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.): A Review of Ethnomedicinal Use, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Uses.ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022El Mihyaoui A, Esteves da Silva JCG, Charfi S et al.
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Distribution and habitat
- Ecology
- Uses
- See also
- References
- External links
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Matricaria is a genus of flowering plants in the chamomile tribe within the sunflower family. Some of the species have the common name of "mayweed", but this name also refers to plants not in this genus.