Dyer's Chamomile
Cota tinctoria (L.) J.Gay
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 75 cm
Asteraceae
Also called Golden Marguerite
Formerly Anacyclus tinctorius, Anthemis tinctoria, Chamaemelum tinctorium
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Biennial or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to Siberia and IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 61 cmRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.5–1 m; Wikipedia 60–60 cm
- Spread
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS yellow; Wikipedia white, yellow
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Arabic
- كوتا صبغية
- Danish
- Farve-Gåseurt
- Spanish
- Camomila amarilla
- Persian
- بابونه زرد
- Finnish
- Keltasauramo
- French
- Camomille jaune
- Hungarian
- Festő pipitér
- Armenian
- Ապրեմ-մեռնեմ, ապրեմ-չապրեմ, ապրուկ-մեռնուկ
- Italian
- Bambayella, Camomilla dei tintori, Occhio di bue
- Lithuanian
- Geltonasis bobramunis
- Polish
- Rumian żółty
- Russian
- Пупавка красильная
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Cota tinctoria (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.