What Does Chamomile Plant Look Like

Chamomile blooms are small with yellow centers and white petals; they look like miniature daisies. The flowers have a sweet, herbaceous aroma, and bloom in the spring and summer. The best way to get your chamomile to bloom is by providing it direct, full-sun—it may not bloom if it’s shaded.

How do you identify a chamomile plant?

Cut the flower receptacle, the portion of the blossom that connects the bloom to the flower stalk, in half. If the receptacle has a solid interior, the camomile plant is English. If the receptacle has a hollow interior, the camomile plant is German. Look at the blossoms of the camomile plants.

What do the leaves of chamomile look like?

German chamomile leaves are fern-like light green and feathery whereas the Roman variety has finely divided parsley-like leaves that are thicker and flatter than their German equivalents.