Anthemis cotula

The Stinking Chamomile ( Anthemis cotula ) is a plant from the sunflower family ( Asteraceae).

Description

The highly branched annual herb grows up to 45 cm high and has a scattered pubescence on both the irregularly pinnatifid leaves and on the stems on. The initially flat, later cone-shaped, filled flower heads are made up of white tongue and yellow tubular flowers. The latter have chaff leaves without spike tip. From July to September flowering plant, an unpleasant odor goes out.

Occurrence

The range extends from tropical Africa over large parts of Europe to northern West Siberia. In addition, the Stinking Chamomile is found in North and South America. In Germany it grows scattered to rarely preferred to weed debris corridors and fields.

Allergens effect

Presumably based intolerances and allergic reactions, which are often the genuine chamomile ( Matricaria chamomilla ) can be attributed mainly to substitution and adulteration with the Stinking Chamomile. The sesquiterpene lactone contained in it Anthecotulid leads outwardly in sensitive individuals to severe skin irritation, conjunctivitis and allergic reactions of the respiratory organs. As a tea taken the mucous membranes are often irritated, what is perceived as heartburn and can lead to anaphylactic shock.

Trivial names

For the Stinking Chamomile or were, sometimes only regionally, including the names Crotuntille ( Old High German ), Dick Kopp ( Altmark), geese goiter ( Thuringia), Hillige Dille (Silesia ), Hundsblom (Mecklenburg ), Dog Flower, Hundsdyl, Hundskamelle, dog Dille, dog chamomile (Silesia ), Hundsroney ( East Prussia ), Hunneblomen ( lower Weser ), Hunssblumen ( middle Low German ), Kröttenblume, Krottendill, Kühblumen ( middle High German ), Kühdill ( middle High German ), Kuhdistel ( middle High German ), Kuhtistel ( middle High German ), Paddeblom, wäld Zäckwih ( Transylvania ) and Stinkkamille common.

Swell

  • Lutz Roth, Max Daunderer, Kurt Kormann: Poisonous Plants - Plant poisons. Occurrence, effects, therapy, allergic and phototoxic reactions; new: with special section devoted to poison animals. 5th expanded edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86820-009-6.
  • Richard Fitter, Alastair Fitter, Marjorie Blamey, Conrad of consecration ( translator's ): Pareys flower book. Flowering plants in Germany and Northwest Europe. 3rd edition. Parey Verlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-8263-8524-1.
  • Harry servant: Pharmacognosy. 4th edition, VEB publishers Leipzig 1965, p 175
  • Achim Meyer: Isolation and analysis of Anthecotulid from Anthemis cotula L. Thesis, Martin -Luther- University Halle-Wittenberg, 2003 ( PDF; 469 KB).
Asteroideae Anthemideae Genus Species
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