Plant Details

Accepted name:: Matricaria discoidea DC. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
disc mayweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
false chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gatkamomill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
matricaire odorante	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pefelen	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pineapple weed	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pineapple-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pineappleweed	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rayless chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rounded chamomile	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
strahlenlose kamille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tong hua mu ju	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Matricaria suaveolens (Pursh) Buchenau Fl. Nordwestdeut. Tiefebene: 496 (1894), nom. illeg.
Akylopsis suaveolens (Pursh) Lehm. Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis) 1850: 3 (1850).
Anthemis inconspicua Fisch. ex Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(I): 409 (1865), not validly publ.
Chamomilla discoidea (DC.) J.Gay ex A.Braun Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 650 (1852).
Chamomilla suaveolens (Pursh) Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 34(3): 232 (1916).
Chrysanthemum discodes Jess. Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 45 (1879).
Chrysanthemum suaveolens (Pursh) Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 332 (1864), nom. illeg.
Cotula matricarioides Bong. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 2(2): 147 (1832).
Lepidanthus suaveolens (Pursh) Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 397 (1841).
Lepidotheca suaveolens (Pursh) Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 454, 397 (1841).
Matricaria tanacetoides Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 7: 52 (1841).
Pyrethrum breviradiatum Schwein. ex Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 397 (1841), nom. illeg.
Pyrethrum defloratum A.Braun Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 10: 650 (1852).
Santolina suaveolens Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 520 (1813).
Tanacetum matricarioides Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 544 (1845).
Tanacetum pauciflorum DC. Prodr. 6: 131 (1838).
Tanacetum suaveolens (Pursh) Hook. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 327 (1833).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Matricaria discoidea	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Matricaria discoidea DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Matricaria discoidea Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Matricaria suaveolens Pursh.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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