| Chamomile | |
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| Chamaemelum nobile[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chamaemelum |
| Species: | C. nobile
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| Binomial name | |
| Chamaemelum nobile | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anthemis nobilis L. | |
Chamaemelum nobile, commonly known as chamomile (also spelled camomile), is a low perennial plant found in dry fields and around gardens and cultivated grounds in Europe, North America, and South America. Its synonym is Anthemis nobilis, with various common names, such as Roman chamomile, English chamomile, garden chamomile, ground apple, low chamomile, mother's daisy or whig plant.[2] C. nobile is one source of the herbal product known as chamomile using dried flowers for flavoring teas or as a fragrance used in aromatherapy.[3][4] Chamomile has no established medicinal properties.[3][4]
- ^ 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
- ^ T. K. Lim Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 7, Flowers at Google Books
- ^ a b "Roman chamomile". National Library of Medicine, US National Institutes of Health. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Chamomile". Drugs.com. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
