Suspect chamomile.

[Amadaun]

Hello all.
For years I have had an attractive flowering herb garden that was left
by my predecessor which I make good use of. There is one flower, which
I always assumed to be chamomile, but that I never used. I now want to
use the chamomile but after doing a bit of google image searching,
think it might not actually be chamomile (or some variety of chamomile
that is not very popular). I can't seem to find it anywhere and was
wondering if perhaps anyone could help.
The plant:
- annual but self-seeding
- approx 1 foot tall
- leaves are alternate, with round edges (looks like flatleaf parsley,
almost)
- flower center pale yellow and lacy/spongelike, 1.5 cm in diameter
- very small down-pointing white petals around flower center
- flowers are very lightly scented, leaves give off a generic herby
scent when rubbed.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Jackie

[gregpresley]

amadaun, to me it sounds a bit more like feverfew (chrysanthemum matricaria)
from your description. Is the foliage rather light green?
"Amadaun" > wrote in message
m...
> Hello all.
> For years I have had an attractive flowering herb garden that was left
> by my predecessor which I make good use of. There is one flower, which
> I always assumed to be chamomile, but that I never used. I now want to
> use the chamomile but after doing a bit of google image searching,
> think it might not actually be chamomile (or some variety of chamomile
> that is not very popular). I can't seem to find it anywhere and was
> wondering if perhaps anyone could help.
> The plant:
> - annual but self-seeding
> - approx 1 foot tall
> - leaves are alternate, with round edges (looks like flatleaf parsley,
> almost)
> - flower center pale yellow and lacy/spongelike, 1.5 cm in diameter
> - very small down-pointing white petals around flower center
> - flowers are very lightly scented, leaves give off a generic herby
> scent when rubbed.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Jackie

[Amadaun]

Yes, it is feverfew (ran a few more searches). Thank you very much!





"gregpresley" > wrote in message >...
> amadaun, to me it sounds a bit more like feverfew (chrysanthemum matricaria)
> from your description. Is the foliage rather light green?
> "Amadaun" > wrote in message
> m...
> > Hello all.
> > For years I have had an attractive flowering herb garden that was left
> > by my predecessor which I make good use of. There is one flower, which
> > I always assumed to be chamomile, but that I never used. I now want to
> > use the chamomile but after doing a bit of google image searching,
> > think it might not actually be chamomile (or some variety of chamomile
> > that is not very popular). I can't seem to find it anywhere and was
> > wondering if perhaps anyone could help.
> > The plant:
> > - annual but self-seeding
> > - approx 1 foot tall
> > - leaves are alternate, with round edges (looks like flatleaf parsley,
> > almost)
> > - flower center pale yellow and lacy/spongelike, 1.5 cm in diameter
> > - very small down-pointing white petals around flower center
> > - flowers are very lightly scented, leaves give off a generic herby
> > scent when rubbed.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help.
> >
> > Jackie