Asteraceae

Dyer's chamomile

Cota tinctoria (L.) J.Gay

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Cota

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Dyer's chamomile (Cota tinctoria) — FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (28)

Arabic: أقحوان أصفر, كوتا صبغية, بابونج اصفر, عين الثور, الأقحوان الأصفر
Armenian: Ապրեմ-մեռնեմ, Ապրեմ-չապրեմ, Ապրուկ-մեռնուկ, Դեղին օշոշ, Վայրի երիցուկ
arz: الاقحوان الاصفر
Belarusian: Пупок фарбавальны, Папаўка, Польная рамашка, Пупаўка, Пупкі
Bulgarian: Жълто подрумче
Chinese: 春黃菊, 春黄菊, 多花菊
Czech: Marunek barvířský, Rmen barvířský
Danish: Farvegåseurt, Farve-Gåseurt
Dutch: Gele kamille
English: Dyer's chamomile, Golden marguerite, Golden chamomile, Yellow chamomile, Oxeye chamomile
Estonian: Kollane karikakar
Finnish: Keltasauramo
French: Camomille jaune, Anthémis des teinturiers
German: Färberkamille, Färber-Hundskamille, Färberhundskamille, Färber-Kamille
Hungarian: Festő pipitér
Italian: Bambayella, Camomilla dei tintori, Occhio di bue
Lithuanian: Geltonasis bobramunis
Norwegian Bokmål: Gul gåseblom
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gul gåseblom
Persian: بابونه زرد
Polish: Rumian żółty, Rumian barwierski
Russian: Пупавка красильная, Антемис красильный, Пупавка желтоцветная
Slovenian: Barvilna pasja kamilica
Spanish: Camomila amarilla, Camomila de los tintoreros, Manzanilla de tintes, Matricaria tinctoria, Pampillos
Swedish: Färgkulla, Gullbloma, Gullblomma
Turkish: Boyacı papatyası, Sarı papatya
Ukrainian: Роман Зефірова, Роман мархотський, Роман фарбувальний
Welsh: Camri melyn

Synonyms

Anacyclus tinctorius (L.) Samp.
Anthemis brachyglossa K.Koch
Anthemis caucasica Henckel
Anthemis chrysantha (Trautv.) Sosn.
Anthemis chrysantha (Trautv.) Grossh.
Anthemis chrysantha Schur
Anthemis coarctata Sm.
Anthemis debilis Fed.
Anthemis discoidea (All.) Vahl
Anthemis discoidea (All.) Willd.
Anthemis kelwayi hort. ex L.H.Bailey & N.Taylor
Anthemis kochiana Sosn. ex Grossh.
Anthemis maris-nigri Fed.
Anthemis maritima Sm.
Anthemis markhotensis Fed.
Anthemis pallescens Heldr. ex Nyman
Anthemis saguramica Sosn.
Anthemis subtinctoria Dobrocz.
Anthemis tinctoria L.
Anthemis tinctoria f. halophila Thin
Anthemis tinctoria f. pectinata Thin
Anthemis tinctoria f. tinctoria
Anthemis tinctoria subsp. discoidea (All.) Arcang.
Anthemis tinctoria subsp. subtinctoria (Dobrocz.) Soó
Anthemis tinctoria subsp. subtinctoria (Dobrocz.) Smejkal
Anthemis tinctoria subsp. tinctoria
Anthemis tinctoria var. discoidea (All.) DC.
Anthemis tinctoria var. floribus-pallidis K.Koch
Anthemis tinctoria var. intermedia Thin
Anthemis tinctoria var. macroglossa K.Koch
Anthemis tinctoria var. orientalis Eig
Anthemis tinctoria var. parviflora Eig
Anthemis tinctoria var. ramulosa Thin
Anthemis tinctoria var. subtinctoria (Dobrocz.) Govaerts
Anthemis zephyrovii Dobrocz.
Buphthalmum bipinnatum Gilib.
Chamaemelum discoideum All.
Chamaemelum tinctorium (L.) Schreb.
Cota tinctoria subsp. tinctoria

Flowers

In flower: June to August (from 1,167 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Michael Andresek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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FlowerPhoto: Francesco Santoro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.