Flower heads; Bischofroda, Wartburgkreis, Thüringen, Germany; 6/2010 © Julia Roeser
Habit; Bischofroda, Wartburgkreis, Thüringen, Germany; 6/2010 © Julia Roeser
Identifier: 2353 Date of entry: 25.11.2014 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: German chamomile
German: Echte Kamille
Portuguese: Camomila-vulgar
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Matricaria (3)
Epithet: chamomilla L. (1)
chamomilla => earth-apple, apple on the ground
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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