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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Asteraceae (キク科) > Matricaria chamomilla
Matricaria L. (シカギク)Kamitsure (カミツレ, 加密列), common chamomile or German chamomileLifeform: annual or biennial forb Distribution: originally in Europe and eastern Asia introduced to Japan in the late Edo Era / Hokkaido Blue List = B Hatibat: sandy or loamy arable soils on wasteland, roadsides and fields (often near coasts) |
Flavor: like a melon, water melon, or pineapple Chromosome number: 2n = 18 Synonyms:
Matricaria recutita L., often used |
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[1-3] along Atsuma Coast (浜厚真), central Hokkaido, on August 5 2023. Records: along a walkboard to go Todowara in Notsuke Peninsula, eastern Hokkaido, on August 28 2020.