| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Tripleurospermum melanolepis (Boiss. & Buhse) Pobed. trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 20: 490 (1960) |
| Native Range | nw. Iran to Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | scree and moraines |
| Altitude | 1200-4400m |
| Description | leaves bipinnatipartite, segments lanceolate to filiform, capitula terminal, solitary, 2-3cm in diam., phyllaries with distinct black margins |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chamaemelum kochii Boiss. Chamaemelum melanolepis Boiss. & Buhse Matricaria arlgirdensis Blakelock Matricaria melanophylla Nábělek Tripleurospermum caucasicum var. melanolepis (Boiss. & Buhse) Podlech Tripleurospermum melanophyllum (Nábělek) Pobed. |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |