Chamaemelum fuscatum

Chamomile, Chamomile

Family: Asteraceae · Type: perennial · Not Native

Chamomile is a naturalized perennial found in southern North Coast Ranges near Sonoma County and the Sacramento Valley in disturbed sites and grasslands at elevations below 100 meters. Flowering from March to April, this plant produces white ray flowers with yellow disk centers, creating delicate daisy-like blossoms approximately 2 to 3 centimeters wide. Growing with slender stems 5 to 20 centimeters tall, occasionally reaching up to 35 centimeters, it has a spreading, somewhat delicate growth habit. Its leaves are distinctively divided, with lower leaves having a broad ovate to elliptic shape that are two-pinnately cut, while upper leaves are narrower and less divided. The fruit is small, approximately 1 to 1.3 millimeters long, with ray and disk fruits of equal size.

Habitat: Disturbed sites, grassland

Bloom period: Mar-Apr

Elevation: < 100 m

Bioregions: s NCoRO (Sonoma Co.), ScV

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