Perennials and annuals from the Mediterranean through into Asia. Very typical of the daisy family (Asteraceae) with showy white to yellow flowers, occasionally pink, spring into summer and many of them. Dead-heading will help prolong flowering. Foliage can be attractively finely cut and aromatic. Generally grow in full sun and in a well-drained soil.
All forms of anthemis produce abundant nectar and pollen in the disc-flowers at the centre of the daisy-like flowerhead. These attract and are pollinated by many insects with hoverflies being especially well represented. Having a long flowering-period they can form a valuable component to any wildlife garden.
Some plants previously known as Anthemis are now renamed Cota, Archanthemis or × Cotanthemis.