page_title: Chamomile
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Chamomile / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Loose leaf chamomile tea
context_page_description: Chamomile or camomile is the common name for several daisy-like plants of the family Asteraceae. Two of the species are commonly used to make herbal infusions for traditional medicine, and there is some evidence that chamomile has an effect on health.
context_section_description: Some commonly used species include:
  Matricaria chamomilla Often called "German chamomile" or "Water of Youth",
  Chamaemelum nobile, Roman, English or garden chamomile, also frequently used, (C. nobile Treneague is normally used to create a chamomile lawn).
  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:
  Chamomilla recutita, German Chamomile
  Anthemis arvensis, corn, scentless or field chamomile
  Anthemis cotula, stinking chamomile
  Cladanthus mixtus,  Moroccan chamomile
  Chamaemelum nobile, Roman 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
caption: Loose leaf chamomile tea
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