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 (Boiss.) Grierson – Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. albida (Boiss.) Grierson – Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. alpina (L.) R.Fernandes – central Apennines (Italy) Anthemis cretica subsp. anatolica (Boiss.) Grierson – east Aegean Islands (Greece), Turkey, East Thrace (European Turkey) Anthemis cretica subsp. argaea (Boiss. & Balansa) Grierson – Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. calabrica (Arcang.) R.Fernandes – southern Italy Anthemis cretica subsp. candicans (Boiss.) Grierson – Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. carpatica (Willd.) Grierson – Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia Anthemis cretica subsp. cassia (Boiss.) Grierson – Lebanon, Syria, Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. cinerea (Pancic) Oberpr. & Greuter – Bulgaria, the former Yugoslavia Anthemis cretica subsp. columnae (Ten.) 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 (Jord.) Greuter – southeast France Anthemis cretica subsp. iberica (M.Bieb.) Grierson – North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. leucanthemoides (Boiss.) Grierson – east Aegean Islands, Crete, Turkey Anthemis cretica subsp. messanensis (Brullo) Giardina & Raimondo – Sicily Anthemis cretica subsp. panachaica (Halácsy) Oberpr. & Greuter – Panachaiko mountains of southern Greece Anthemis cretica subsp. petraea (Ten.) Greuter – central Apennines Anthemis cretica subsp. pyrethriformis (Schur) Govaerts – southern Carpathians (Romania) Anthemis cretica subsp. saportana (Albov) Chandjian – Iran, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Anthemis cretica subsp. saxatilis (DC.) R.Fernandes – France, Andorra, Spain, Italy Anthemis cretica subsp. tenuiloba (DC.) Grierson – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, East Thrace, the former Yugoslavia Anthemis cretica subsp. umbilicata (Boiss. & A.Huet) Grierson – Iran, Turkey
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