Asteraceae
Stinking chamomile
Anthemis cotula
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Anthemis
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Common names
By language (11)
- Asturian
- Camomilla fedionda
- Belarusian
- Зелле раманёк, Рамон, Сабачы рамон
- Chinese
- 臭春黄菊
- Czech
- Rmen smrdutý
- Dutch
- Stinkende kamille
- English
- Stinking chamomile, Mayweed, Stinking mayweed
- Finnish
- Haisusauramo
- French
- Camomille puante
- German
- Stink-Hundskamille, Stinkende Hundskamille
- Slovenian
- Smrdljiva pasja kamilica
- Welsh
- Amranwen, Llygad yr ych
Synonyms
- Anthemis cotula subsp. cotula
- Anthemis cotula subsp. psorosperma (Ten.) Arcang.
- Anthemis cotula var. cotula
- Anthemis foetida Lam.
- Anthemis foetida var. foetida
- Anthemis psorosperma Ten.
- Anthemis ramosa Link ex Spreng.
- Chamaemelum cotula All.
- Maruta cotula DC.
- Maruta cotula var. cotula
- Maruta foetida Cass.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Mehmet Basbag, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.