Matricaria aurea
(Loefl.) Schultz Bip.
Golden cotula
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Leaves - flavouring, Flowers - tea
The leaves are used for flavouring tea, and the flowers are brewed as a herbal tea.
Where to Find It
It is a Mediterranean climate plant.
Asia, Central Asia, Egypt - Sinai, Europe, India, Israel, Jordan, Libya, Mediterranean, Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates, UAE,
Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, Belarus, Switzerland, China, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Algeria, Estonia, Egypt, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Myanmar, Mongolia, Malta, Maldives, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A herb. It grows 20 cm tall. It can lie over or be erect. The leaves have short leaf stalks. The leaves are narrow and 1.5-3 cm long.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Matricaria aurea is a species of plants in the family Asteraceae.
Names & Synonyms
Babunaj, Babunij, Beybun, Darke seva, Iloilto, Qurai'a
Chamomilla aurea (Loefl.) Gay ex Cossom & KralikCotula aurea Loefl.and several others
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