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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Roman Chamomile
| image = Koeh-012.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Roman Chamomile
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Anthemis]]''
| species = '''''A. nobilis'''''
| binomial = ''Anthemis nobilis''
| synonyms = ''Chamaemelum nobile''
}}
'''''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.
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]].
==Culture==
The Chamomile is mentioned in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Henry IV, part 1]] 'The Camomile; The more it is trodden on, the faster it grows'.
[[Mary Wesley]]'s novel ''[[The Camomile Lawn]] was also televised in [[Great Britain]] in the 1990s.
==Folklore==
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.
==References==
Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p.112.
{{Commons|Chamaemelum nobile}}
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
{{asteraceae-stub}}
{{alt-med-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = Roman Chamomile
| image = Koeh-012.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Roman Chamomile
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asterales]]
| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
| genus = ''[[Anthemis]]''
| species = '''''A. nobilis'''''
| binomial = ''Anthemis nobilis''
| synonyms = ''Chamaemelum nobile''
}}
'''''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.
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]].
==Culture==
The Chamomile is mentioned in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Henry IV, part 1]] 'The Camomile; The more it is trodden on, the faster it grows'.
[[Mary Wesley]]'s novel ''[[The Camomile Lawn]] was also televised in [[Great Britain]] in the 1990s.
==Folklore==
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.
==References==
Howard, Michael. ''Traditional Folk Remedies'' (Century, 1987), p.112.
{{Commons|Chamaemelum nobile}}
[[Category:Asteraceae]]
[[Category:Herbs]]
{{asteraceae-stub}}
{{alt-med-stub}}
