Anthemis cretica


Anthemis cretica, the Cretian mat daisy or white mat chamomile, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It or its many subspecies can be found around the Mediterranean region, the Black Sea area, Poland, the Caucasus, and the Middle East as far as Iran. It is highly morphologically variable, and the namesake of a species complex.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. absinthifolia Grierson – Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. albida Grierson – Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. alpina R.Fernandes – central Apennines
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. anatolica Grierson – east Aegean Islands, Turkey, East Thrace
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. argaea Grierson – Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. calabrica R.Fernandes – southern Italy
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. candicans Grierson – Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. carpatica Grierson – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. cassia Grierson – Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. cinerea Oberpr. & Greuter – Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. columnae Franzén – Algeria, France, Italy, Sicily
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. cretica – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Romania, Turkey, East Thrace, the former Yugoslavia
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. gerardiana Greuter – southeast France
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. iberica Grierson – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. leucanthemoides Grierson – east Aegean Islands, Crete, Turkey
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. messanensis Giardina & Raimondo – Sicily
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. panachaica Oberpr. & Greuter – Panachaiko mountains of southern Greece
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. petraea Greuter – central Apennines
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. pyrethriformis Govaerts – southern Carpathians
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. saportana Chandjian – Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. saxatilis R.Fernandes – France, Andorra, Spain, Italy
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. tenuiloba Grierson – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, East Thrace, the former Yugoslavia
  • Anthemis cretica subsp. umbilicata Grierson – Iran, Turkey