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Kami Williamson
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I thought I was picking chamomile, but after some studying I think it’s Scentless Mayweed. Does chamomile grow wild, and is Scentless Mayweed useful?
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Joelle
I’ve never heard of chamomile growing wild in our part of the world (TN), but not saying that that means it never grows wild some place in the US. Where are you from?
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I live in Southeast Idaho
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Okay. Well, yeah, I wouldn’t know anything about what grows wild there! 🙂 But hope you figure it out soon!
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Lisabeth Severin
Kami, chamomile flowers should have an identifiable scent, even the dried flowers. The odor is a bit like honey or apples mixed with something more herbal to me. Is Scentless Mayweed odorless? I have never heard of it.
Chamomile could possibly have naturalized. After the first year of growing chamomile from seed, I haven’t had to replant but I do have to pull it out of places I don’t want it growing. It self-seeds readily in USDA Zone 8 in western Washington state, at least in my veggie garden.
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I haven’t actually smelled fresh chamomile. The Mayweed doesn’t have much smell until I dry it and put it in a jar. When I open the lid it smells sweet. I’ll have to get some real chamomile! Do you grow German or Roman? Do you have a preference?
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Dr. Patrick Jones
I’ve seen both wild scentless chamomile (Matricaria perforata or Tripleurospermum inodorum) and real chamomile (Matricaria recutita and Chamaemelum nobile) growing “Wild” in Southeastern Idaho. The good ones are always associated with human habitations (old homesteads and farm areas) or inhabited areas where they’ve escaped from someone’s yard.
The M. perforatum isn’t as medicinal as the others. Given a choice I’d much prefer the others.
The true chamomiles really do have a lovely apple-like aroma. That’s what you want for medicine.
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