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Anacyclus pyrethrum
Also called Bertram, Pelitory of Spain, Pellitory, Roman Pellitory, Spanish Pellitory, Mt. Atlas Daisy, Spanish Chamomile
Anacyclus pyrethrum is a low-growing perennial daisy-family herb native to the Mediterranean and North Africa, grown mainly as a medicinal plant and occasionally as a rock garden ornamental. The variety depressus (mat daisy) is the form grown for garden display.
Anacyclus pyrethrum, the pellitory, Spanish chamomile, Mount Atlas daisy, bertram, or Akarkara, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to Mediterranean Europe and parts of North Africa, but also naturalised in other parts of Europe, India and Pakistan. This herbaceous perennial resembles chamomile species in habitat and appearance.
The plants known as pellitory-of-the-wall and spreading pellitory belong to a different family, the nettles (Urticaceae).
Anacyclus pyrethrum var. depressus (sometimes considered a separate species, Anacyclus depressus), called mat daisy or Mount Atlas daisy, is grown as a spring-blooming, low-water ornamental. It produces mats of grey-green, ferny foliage and single daisy-like white flowers. It is suitable for growing in an alpine or rock garden. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Extracts of Anacyclus pyrethrum have anabolic activity in mice and also increase testosterone in the animal model.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
