Matricaria perforata

Taxobox
name = "Tripleurospermum inodorum"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Asteraceae
tribus = Anthemideae
genus = "Tripleurospermum"
species = "T. inodorum"
binomial = "Tripleurospermum inodorum"
binomial_authority = (L.) Sch.Bip.
synonyms = "Matricaria perforata" L.

"Tripleurospermum inodorum" is the type species of Tripleurospermum.

Historically included the genus Matricaria, "Tripleurospermum inodorum" has been the subject of some controversy, with many revisions in recent years. The Flora Europaea uses "Matricaria perforata" for this species. Synonyms/other scientific names include "Tripleurospermum perforatum" (Mérat) Lainz, "Tripleurospermum maritimum" subsp. "inodorum".

Common name(s): scentless mayweed, scentless chamomile, wild chamomile, mayweed, false chamomile, German chamomile, Baldr's Brow

Origin Eurasia, North Africa

Considered an invasive weed in North America

Mythology

In Sweden and Norway, it is called "Balder's brow", but in Iceland, it is the close relative Sea Mayweed ("Matricaria maritima") that carries this name [ [http://linnaeus.nrm.se/flora/di/astera/tripl/tripper.html Den virtuella floran (in Swedish)] ] . In "Gylfaginning", Snorri Sturluson explains that the name Balder's brow comes from the plants' whiteness:

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