Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, Camán meall
Photographs: Co. Cork

Chamomile
Chamaemelum nobile
Camán meall
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: June-August. Perennial. Native.

Strongly chamomile-scented solitary white flowers with domed yellow centres. Erect flower stalks. Pinnate leaves divided into narrow segments. Creeping growth habit. The whole plant is aromatic. Height: 10-30 cm

Dry sandy grassland, roadsides. Locally common throughout SW Ireland, scarcer elsewhere.

Similar: Scentless Mayweed, Tripleurospermum inodorum,
Sea Mayweed, Tripleurospermum maritimum

Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, Camán meall

Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, Camán meall
Chamomile, Chamaemelum nobile, Camán meall

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