Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 38 cm
- wide
- 38 cm
Asteraceae
Also called Camomile, Wild chamomile, German chamomile, Blue chamomile, Mayweed
Formerly Chamaemelum chamomilla, Chamomilla courrantiana, Chamomilla meridionalis, Chamomilla officinalis, and 18 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- AnnualKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, N. Africa, Temp. Eurasia to Indo-ChinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 15 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellow, greenRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 洋甘菊, 德國洋甘菊, 母菊
- Hungarian
- kamilla, orvosi székfű
- Spanish
- Manzanilla
- Danish
- vellugtende kamil
- German
- Echte Kamille
- Esperanto
- kamomilo
- Finnish
- kamomillasaunio
- Ido
- kamomil
- Norwegian Bokmål
- kamilleblom
- Dutch
- Echte kamille
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- kamilleblom
- Polish
- rumianek pospolit
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Matricaria chamomilla (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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