Matricaria chamomilla

A glabrous, branching, erect, and aromatic annual of the COMPOSITAE family. It grows to about 1 m tall with a strong odor when bruised. The leaves, 2 to 3, are pinnately-parted with a narrow, thorny tip. Flow- ers are large, solitary heads on 2 to 8 cm long, grooved peduncles; The ray florets are white or yellowish, later becoming reflexed, disc florets numerous, yellow, tubular; peduncles 2.5 cm long, dark brown or dusk greenish yellow; achenes with 3–5 faint ribs.KeywordsMedicinal PlantMatricaria ChamomillaFlavonoid FractionChamomile ExtractGerman ChamomileThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.