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|common_name=Roman Chamomile
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| name = Roman Chamomile
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| image_caption = Roman Chamomile
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|image_caption=Anthemis nobilis
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Asterales]]
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| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Anthemis]]''
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| species = '''''A. nobilis'''''
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| binomial = ''Anthemis nobilis''
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| synonyms = ''Chamaemelum nobile''
   
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'''''Anthemis nobilis''''', commonly known as '''Roman Camomile''', '''[[Chamomile]]''', '''garden camomile''', '''ground apple''', '''low chamomile''', '''English chamomile''', or '''whig plant''', is a low [[perennial plant]] found in dry fields and around [[garden]]s and cultivated grounds. It has daisy-like white flowers that is found in [[Europe]], [[North America]], and [[Argentina]]. The stem is procumbent, the leaves alternate, bipinnate, finely dissected, and downy to glabrous. The solitary, terminal flowerheads, rising 8 to twelve inches above the ground, consist of prominent yellow disk flowers and silver-white ray flowers. The flowering time is June and July, and its fragrance is sweet, crisp, fruity and herbaceous.
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'''''Anthemis nobilis''''', commonly known as '''Roman Camomile''', '''[[Chamomile]]''', '''garden camomile''', '''ground apple''', '''low chamomile''', or '''whig plant''', is a low [[Europe]]an [[perennial plant]] found in dry fields and around [[garden]]s and cultivated grounds. The stem is procumbent, the leaves alternate, bipinnate, finely dissected, and downy to glabrous. The solitary, terminal flowerheads, rising 8 to twelve [[inch]]es above the ground, consist of prominent yellow disk flowers and silver-white ray flowers. The flowering time is June and July, and its fragrance is sweet, crisp, fruity and herbaceous.
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==Cultivation==
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Chamomile is also used [[Cosmetics|cosmetically]], primarily to make a rinse for [[blonde hair]], and is popular in [[aromatherapy]], whose practitioners believe it to be a calming agent to end stress and aid in [[sleep]].
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==Culture==
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===Propagation===
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The Chamomile is mentioned in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Henry IV, part 1]] 'The Camomile; The more it is trodden on, the faster it grows'.
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[[Mary Wesley]]'s novel ''[[The Camomile Lawn]] was also televised in [[Great Britain]] in the 1990s.
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===Pests and diseases===
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==Folklore==
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Use of Chamomile dates back as far as [[ancient Egypt]]. Folk remedies using the plant include treatments for [[dropsy]] and [[jaundice]]. it was also believed to revive any wilting plant placed near it. The flowers were also used as a [[dye]] to lighten hair.
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==References==
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Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p.112.
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{{Commons|Chamaemelum nobile}}
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==Gallery==
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File:Chamaemelum nobile1.jpg
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File:Chamaemelum nobile2.jpg
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File:Chamaemelum nobile seeds.jpg
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File:Koeh-012.jpg
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File:Chamaemelum nobile Sturm44.jpg
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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