بابونج / قُمَيْلَة / قريعة

بابونَج ذَهَبي / زِفيرَة / قريعة سيدنا موسى

Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip.

Wikidata

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Edible

Edible part

Flower buds

Preparation

Herbal tea

Blooming period

February to May

Foraging period

February

Potential medicinal uses

Analgesic
Anti-catarrhal
Anti-spasmodic
Galactogogue
Sedative
Tonic
Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality

Annual

Petal colour

Yellow

Leaf type

Dissected

Life form

Annual

Scientifc data

Genus

Matricaria

Family

Asteraceae

Wikidata item

Q12195597

GBIF Item

Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip. (3103817)

Conservation status (IUCN)

Least concern

References

Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
Ali-Shtayeh, Mohammed S., Rana M. Jamous, Jehan H. Al-Shafie’, Wafa’ A. Elgharabah, Fatemah A. Kherfan, Kifayeh H. Qarariah, Isra’ S. Khdair, et al. “Traditional Knowledge of Wild Edible Plants Used in Palestine (Northern West Bank): A Comparative Study.”
Hinnawi, Nadeen Sadeq Abdullah. “An Ethnobotanical Study of Wild Edible Plants in the Northern West Bank,” 2010.

Citation

Matricaria aurea (Loefl.) Sch.Bip. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/555 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.