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§1 Plant
Matricaria recutita L.
vernacular German chamomile — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Matricaria
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 134 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 134 counties across 22 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 30 I ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Clinton 17027
- Cumberland 17035
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Knox 17095
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Washington 17189
- White 17193
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 14 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MARE6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8370958 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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