Tripleurospermum inodorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Anthemideae |
Genus: | Tripleurospermum |
Species: | T. inodorum |
Binomial name | |
Tripleurospermum inodorum (L.) Sch.Bip. |
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Synonyms | |
Matricaria perforata L. |
Tripleurospermum inodorum is the type species of Tripleurospermum.
Historically included the genus Matricaria, Tripleurospermum inodorum has been the subject of some controversy, with many revisions in recent years. The Flora Europaea uses Matricaria perforata for this species. Synonyms/other scientific names include Tripleurospermum perforatum (Mérat) Lainz, Tripleurospermum maritimum subsp. inodorum.
Common name(s): scentless mayweed, scentless chamomile, wild chamomile, mayweed, false chamomile, German chamomile, Baldr's Brow
Origin Eurasia, North Africa
Considered an invasive weed in North America
In Sweden and Norway, it is called Baldr's brow, but in Iceland, it is the close relative Sea Mayweed (Matricaria maritima) that carries this name.[1] In Gylfaginning, Snorri Sturluson explains that the name Balder's brow comes from the plants' whiteness:
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