Anthemis tinctoria Yellow Chamomile

Yellow Chamomile is widespread in Europe, where it is native, but was introduced to Britain and  first recorded wild in Durham in 1690. It differs from all our other chamomiles in having yellow florets and it is also biennial or perennial. It is widely grown in gardens and sown into amenity flower beds from which it may escape and naturalise itself, although it rarely persists. Like Anthemis (Cota) austriaca, it has compressed achenes. It is quite variable and a number of subspecies have been named, the most common of which is Anthemis tinctoria ssp. tinctoria. It is uncommon in West Glamorgan but it occasionally appears in disturbed roadside habitats and waste places, but rarely far from urban centres.

Neophyte

Recently renamed Cota tinctoria (L.) J. Gay