Anthemis arvensis

Botanical Description

Anthemis arvensis is an erect to decumbent annual plant, branching freely at the base and growing 12 - 50cm tall[ 17 Title Flora of the British Isles. Publication Author Clapham, Tutin and Warburg. Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1962 ISBN - Description A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures. ]. The stems often form roots at the nodes[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental in gardens[ 372 Title Flowers of India Publication Author Website http://www.flowersofindia.net/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A wed site of native Indian plants, plus cultivated and naturalized species. It has good quality photos and terse details on more than 3,000 species and cultivars. ]. The plant has spread widely as a result mainly of being a weed in cereal fields and the seed becoming a contaminant of grain. Although modern screening methods have largely eliminated this cause, the plant is still commonly found as a weed in many areas outside its original native range, such as N. America, Australia and New Zealand.