Plant Study

 

German Chamomile

 

 

English Family Name:  Aster

Latin Family Name: Asteraceae/Compositae

Order:  Asterales 

Class:  Magnoliopsida 

Phylum: Magnoliophyta

Kingdom: Plantae

 

 

Latin Name:

• Matricaria recutita (German Chamomile)
• Anthemis nobilis L. (Roman Chamomile) (Any reference to Roman Chamomile, throughout this monograph, is for the sole purpose of distinguishing between the two; German and Roman).

 

AKA: 

 

• Anthemis nobile
• Matricaria chamomilla

Common Names:

 

• Roman chamomile   •  Hungarian chamomile  •  chamomiles  • Blue chamomile •  Matricaris  •
• Single chamomile  •  Sweet false chamomile (Lawless:  168).
• German chamomile  •  English chamomile •  Garden chamomile  •   Sweet chamomile
• True chamomile (Lawless: 109).
• Ground apple  •  pinheads  (Hutchens:  60).
• Common chamomile  •  Genuine chamomile (Swerdlow:  368).

Epithets:        

 

nobilis=notable, famous (Online: 2). 

Anthemis =from the Greek anthemon, meaning “flower”, for their profuse blooming (Online: 2).

Matricaria = From Latin word matrix, “the womb”, the plant once having been used as a cure for female disorders (Online: 2).

recutita =rebound, bounce back (Online: 4).