2. 2 Types of Chamomile
used medicinally
Chamomile - from the Greek for ground-apple
(refering to apple-like scent)
Roman Chamomile
German Chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile (syn.
Matricaria recutita
Anthemis nobilis )
Used
Used more in England
more frequently in U.
Stronger odor and flavor
S.
than German
3. German Chamomile
Matricaria recutita
Botanical Family: Aster Family (Asteraceae)
Type: Cool-season Annual plant
Origin: Native to Europe and Western Asia
Naturalized to most of the United States
4. German Chamomile
Plant Description
Size: 6-20quot; X 6-20quot; Foliage: Pinnately divided leaf
Aromatic - apple-scented
Form: Bushy and upright Light green
5. German Chamomile
Plant Description
Flower: Infloresence of disc and ray flowers
Small yellow disc flowers
White ray flowers (may not be present or visible)
Ray Flower
Disc Flowers
6. German Chamomile
Plant Description
Growing conditions: Sunny to partly sunny location
Hardiness: annual
Propagation: Grows from seed, sow in spring; plants will
readily reseed
7. Roman Chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile
Botanical Family: Aster Family (Asteraceae)
Type: Evergreen perennial
Origin: Native to Europe
Naturalized in some areas in US
8. Roman Chamomile
Plant Description
Size: 3-6 inches tall with 12 inch spread
Form: Low-growing groundcover
Foliage: Pinnately divided leaf
Aromatic - apple-scented
Flower: Infloresence of disc and ray flowers, 1quot; across
Small yellow disc flowers
Silver-white to cream ray flowers
Flowers June to September
9. Roman Chamomile
Plant Description
Growing conditions: Sun to part shade in well-drained soil
Hardiness: Zones 4-9
Propagation: Seed, division, or stem cuttings
(Division of offshoots from mother plant is easiest)
10. Vocab
Annual plant - completes entire life cycle in 1 growing season
Pinnately divided leaf - feather-like leaf; leaflets attached to either
side of a center stalk
Inflorescence - group of flowers on stem
Disc flower - flowers in center of daisy flower (the brown center on a
sunflower)
Ray flower - flowers that surround the disc of a daisy flower (the
yellow quot;petalsquot; of a sunflower)
Propagation - making more plants
Perennial - plant that lives more than 2 years, usually refers to
herbaceous perennial, ie a plant that dies back to the ground every fall
and regrows from roots in the spring
Division - propagation technique in which mother plant is cut into
smaller new plants
