HERB - chamomile

[Katherine Blackthorne]

> Lady Alison,
> 
> >The picture of camomile I've seen is daisy-like.  Pyrethrins are
daisies.
>  >Is there a relationship, here?
> 
> Sorry, I thought I had already answered this and just discovered the
e-mail
> didn't get posted.  Pyrethrins aren't closely related to chamomile,
perennial
> chamomile is Chamaemelum nobile (or Anthemis nobilis) while pyrethrum is
> Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium, a particular species of single-flowered
> chrysanthemum.  But they are both Compositae (I think that's the "family"
but
> I've never quite sorted out the order for the scientific
classifications).
> That's according to THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HERBS by Lesley Bremness, both
> apparently have had other Latin names in the past.  There's also an
annual
> chamomile, Matricaria recutita, which I think is also a Compositae.
> 
> I hope that helps more than it confuses things <G>.
> 
> Raisya Khorivovna

OK, now can you tell me which of the above is "German" chamomile and which
is "Roman" chamomile...and which it is we make tea from??  I can never
remember this straight!!!!   
:-{
Katherine Blackthorne
Province of Golden Rivers
Principality of Cynagua
Kingdom of the West
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