skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

German chamomile (Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert (Syn.: Matricaria recutita L.))

Family: Compositae

Medicinal uses: Carminative; anti-inflammatory; antispasmodic; anti-infective

Part used medicinally: Flowerhead

Native origin: Southern Europe

Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert

Photo ©Markku Savela

Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rauschert

Photo: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago