Description
The herb Chamomile (Matricaria recutita) has an aromatic scent and a mildly bitter taste that many appreciate. Chamomile is a familiar flower in the Swedish flora, and a common herb to use in herbal teas. Chamomile is an annual, aromatically scented herb that can grow up to four centimeters tall. The flower baskets are daisy-like and sit on long stems. Chamomile blooms from June to October. Spread. Chamomile is a weed that occurs fairly widely up to Gästrikland. Originally native to southern and eastern Europe, it is now spread throughout almost all of Europe, as well as in Canada and the United States. The first finding was published by Rudbeck in the Catalogus plantarum in 1658, but the species has been known since the Middle Ages (Nordstedt 1920). This isrtagubben's own brand.rtagubben's own herbs come from selected organic growers in Europe.