Re: Roman chamomile?

...And here in Minorca we call Chamomile to Santolina chamaeciparissus, with small grey leaves very aromatic and yellow flowers forming a head without petals.

Regards from Spain

Juan García

Richard Dufresne wrote:

At 11:27 AM 1/11/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>I have some chamomile growing in places and I'd like to buy seeds of that
>same variety. I've been told that the Roman is the kind to get to fill
>large spaces. The photos I've seen of the Roman show a flower with white
>petals. The flower of what's growing in my garden has no petals; just
>yellow pom-pom like heads. What variety would that be?
>
>Barbara - in Berkeley

Barnara:

The absence of ray flowers (the ones on the edge of the flower that produce
a single petal) may indicate that it is a different Anthemis or a Matricaria
species.  I remember that in the 70s German or Hungarian Chamonile
(Matricaria chamomila) was often sold as English or Roman Chamomile
(Anthemis noblis).

Richard F. Dufresne
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