Chamomile
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Chamomile is a common name that could refer to multiple plants.
Some commonly used species include:
- Matricaria chamomilla (also known as Water of Youth'),[1] German chamomile[2] or wild chamomile, the most commonly used species
- Chamaemelum nobile, Roman, English or garden chamomile, also frequently used,[2] (C. nobile ‘Treneague’ is normally used to create a chamomile lawn).[3]
A number of other species' common names include the word "chamomile". This does not mean they are used in the same manner as the species used in the herbal tea known as "chamomile." Plants including the common name "chamomile," of the family Asteraceae, are:
- Anthemis arvensis, corn, scentless or field chamomile
- Anthemis cotula, stinking chamomile
- Cladanthus mixtus, Moroccan chamomile
- Cota tinctoria, dyer's, golden, oxeye, or yellow chamomile
- Eriocephalus punctulatus, Cape chamomile
- Matricaria discoidea, wild chamomile or pineapple weed
- Tripleurospermum inodorum, wild, scentless or false chamomile
References
- ↑ Sarris, J; Panossian, A; Schweitzer, I; Stough, C; Scholey, A (December 2011). "Herbal medicine for depression, anxiety, and insomnia: a review of psychopharmacology and clinical evidence". European Neuropsychopharmacology. 21 (12): 841–860. doi:10.1016/j.euroneuro.2011.04.002. PMID 21601431.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Chamomile". NYU Langone Medical Center. 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.[dead link]
- ↑ "Camomile lawn". rhs.org. Retrieved 21 July 2015.