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  • COMMON NAME: Golden chamomile
  • ARABIC: بابونج
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip.
  • SYNONYMS: Anacyclus aureus, Anthemis aurea, Cenocline aurea, Chamomilla aurea, Cotula aurea, Cotula complanata
  • FAMILY: ASTERACEAE
  • KIND: Native
  • EMIRATE: Ras-Al-Khaimah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Annual
M.V.D jongbloed, G.R. Fuelner, B. Boer, A.R. Western. the comprehensive guide to the wild flowers of the United Arab Emirates. Environmental research and wildlife Development agency, Abu Dhabi, 2003. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:231828-1
Medicinal tea, like chamomile, brewed from flower heads to treat abdominal complaints.
Annual, stems branched from base, erect up to 25 cm. Aromatic. Leaves finely dissected; segments 0.1 cm wide. Flowerheads yellow, conical shaped, no ray florets, 0.5-0.6 cm across, terminal, sometimes in leaf nodes. Fruits tiny, no hair tuft. Flowering from February to April.
Silt between rock on mountains fields and plateaux.
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