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	Matricaria discoidea  DC.

Fam.: Asteraceae / Composite Fam.

Synon.:  Chamomilla suaveolens  (PURSH) RYDB.

Genus:  Matricaria  L.,  Chamomilla  GRAY

Authors:
	DC.:		Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle (1778 - 1841), Swiss botanist
	PURSH:		Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774 - 1820), American botanist of German descent
	RYDB.:		Per Axel Rydberg (1860 - 1931), Swedish botanist in USA
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
	GRAY:		Samuel Frederick Gray (1766 - 1828), British pharmacologist and botanist

Etymology:
	Matricaria:		matrix = uterus
	discoidea:		disk-shaped
	Chamomilla:		Roman plant name
	suaveolens:		fragrant

Fig. 1:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Hochheim am Main 15.6.2013

Fig. 2:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Odenwald, Eiterbach 24.6.2006

Fig. 3:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Odenwald, Schönau 24.6.2006

Fig. 4:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Karlsruhe 9.6.2010

Fig. 5:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Creuzburg 4.8.2013

Fig. 6:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Creuzburg 4.8.2013

Fig. 7:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Kamen 11.6.2020

Fig. 8:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Kamen 11.6.2020

Fig. 9:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Kamen 11.6.2020

Fig. 10:  Matricaria discoidea / Pineappleweed D Soest 11.6.2020

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