{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image=ANTHEMIS arvensis Köhler.png |image_caption=Corn chamomile<ref>illustration from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte : Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, by Franz Eugen Köhler, 1883-1914</ref> |taxon=Anthemis arvensis |authority=L. (1753) |synonyms={{collapsible list|bullets=true |title=<small>Synonymy</small> |''Anthemis agrestis'' <small>Wallr.</small> |''Anthemis anglica'' <small>Spreng.</small> |''Anthemis granatensis'' <small>Boiss.</small> |''Anthemis kitenensis'' <small>Thin</small> |''Anthemis sallei'' <small>Sennen & Elias</small> |''Chamaemelum arvense'' <small>(L.) Hoffmanns. & Link </small> |''Anthemis cyllenea'' <small>Halácsy, syn of subsp. ''cyllenea''</small> |''Anthemis australis'' <small>Willd., syn of subsp. ''incrassata''</small> |''Anthemis clavata'' <small>Guss., syn of subsp. ''incrassata''</small> |''Anthemis gemmellarii'' <small>Tineo, syn of subsp. ''incrassata''</small> |''Anthemis incrassata'' <small>Loisel., syn of subsp. ''incrassata''</small> |''Anthemis nicaeensis'' <small>Willd., syn of subsp. ''incrassata''</small> |''Anthemis brevifolia'' <small>Lojac., syn of subsp. ''sphacelata''</small> |''Anthemis sphacelata'' <small>C.Presl, syn of subsp. ''sphacelata''</small> }} |synonyms_ref=<ref name=n>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Anthemis+arvensis|title=Search results — The Plant List|website=www.theplantlist.org}}</ref><ref name="EUROMED">{{cite web |url=http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=117640&PTRefFk=7000000 |title=Details for: ''Anthemis arvensis '' |accessdate=2008-06-16 |author=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem |authorlink=Botanical Garden in Berlin |work=Euro+Med PlantBase |publisher=Freie Universität Berlin }}</ref><ref name="IPNI">{{IPNI |id=125492-3 |date=2008-06-16 }}</ref> }}

'''''Anthemis arvensis''''', also known as '''corn chamomile''', '''mayweed''', '''scentless chamomile''',<ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=36331 |taxon=''Anthemis arvensis'' L. |accessdate=16 June 2008}}</ref> or '''field chamomile''',<ref name="GRIN">{{GRIN | name =''Anthemis arvensis'' L. | id = 103870 | access-date = 11 April 2025 }}</ref><ref name="NRCS">{{PLANTS |taxon=Anthemis arvensis |symbol=ANAR6 |accessdate=2008-06-16 }}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is used as an ornamental plant.

==Distribution== [[File:Anthemis arvensis 001.JPG|thumb|Photo from Karlsruhe, Germany.]] [[File:Anthemis arvensis02.jpg|thumb|Photo from Calvi, France.]] ;Native<ref name="GRIN"/> :;Palearctic: ::'''Macaronesia''': Azores, Canary Islands ::'''Northern Africa''': Algeria, Tunisia ::'''Western Asia''': Sinai, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey ::'''Caucasus''': Georgia, North Caucasus ::'''Northern Europe''': Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom ::'''Central Europe''': Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland ::'''East Europe''': Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Crimea ::'''Southeastern Europe''': Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Crete, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Sardinia, Serbia, Sicily, Slovenia ::'''Southwestern Europe''': France Corsica, Portugal, Spain, Balearic Islands

;Introduced Widely naturalized in North and South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia.<ref name="GRIN"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200023150|title=Anthemis arvensis in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=200023150|title=Anthemis arvensis in Flora of North America @ efloras.org|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Anthemis%20arvensis.png|title=Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2897268|title=Anthemis arvensis : Field Chamomile|first=Atlas of Living|last=Australia|website=bie.ala.org.au}}</ref><ref>Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. 1985. Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Chile. Gayana, Bot. 42: 1–157.</ref><ref>Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).</ref>

==Subspecies== Six subspecies are accepted.<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Anthemis arvensis'' L. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:177158-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref> * ''Anthemis arvensis'' subsp. ''acrochordona'' {{small|Briq. & Cavill.}} – France, Italy, Sardinia * ''Anthemis arvensis'' subsp. ''arvensis'' – Macaronesia, Europe, north Africa, Western Asia * ''Anthemis arvensis'' subsp. ''cyllenea'' <small>(Halácsy) R.Fern.</small> – Greece including Cyclades * ''Anthemis arvensis'' subsp. ''glabra'' {{small|(Rouy) Jeanm.}} – Corsica * ''Anthemis arvensis'' subsp. ''incrassata'' <small>(Loisel.) Nyman</small> – Morocco and Mediterranean Europe from Portugal to Crete * ''Anthemis arvensis'' subsp. ''sphacelata'' <small>(C.Presl) R.Fern.</small> – southern Italy and Sicily

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *{{UniProt Taxonomy|name=Anthemis arvensis|id=127977|accessdate=2008-06-16}} *[https://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/10537.shtml BBC Gardening: ''Anthemis arvensis''] *[http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Anthemis+arvensis Plants For A Future: ''Anthemis arvensis''] *[http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Anthemis_arvensis_page.html ''Anthemis arvensis''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008183506/http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Anthemis_arvensis_page.html |date=2014-10-08 }} *[http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H467.htm ''Anthemis arvensis'']

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Category:Anthemis Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of the Mediterranean basin Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Anthemideae-stub}}