Japanese name: ローマンカモミール Scientific name:Chamaemelum nobile
[Overview]
A perennial growing to about 60 cm tall.
Each plant produces 20–40 stems, and stems touching the ground root readily.
Leaves are alternate and deeply pinnately divided.
In early spring it produces many flower heads with yellow tubular florets in the center and white ray florets.
[Uses]
The flowers have a strong apple-like fragrance, and they are used as an herb, while the stems and leaves are used as a bath additive.
[History]
It was imported to Japan as a medicinal plant in the early years of the Meiji era.
[Cultivation]
Because it grows in mountains, fields and roadsides in its native range, it is hardy, cold tolerant and resistant to dryness.
It has almost no pests or diseases.
Propagate from seed or by division.
