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Chamomile

Anthemis glaberrima

Chamomile
Photo: MIPSG/SSC/IUCN, CC BY-SA 2.5

Anthemis glaberrima is a rare wild daisy-family species found only on a few rocky islets off northwest Crete, not a commonly grown garden chamomile. It is not a true culinary chamomile, so growing advice is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; it is adapted to dry Mediterranean conditions and rocky soils.
Soil
Free-draining, rocky or sandy soil.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean climate; protect from hard frost.
Native range
Kriti (Gramvousa I.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Anthemis glaberrima is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

It is found only on the islets of Agria Gramvousa and Imeri Gramvousa, near the northwestern tip of the island of Crete in Greece. Its natural habitats are rocky shores and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation (known as phrygana in Greece).

Other Anthemis plants

Anthemis aaronsohnii · Corn chamomile · Anthemis brachycarpa · Anthemis cretica subsp. carpatica · Anthemis chrysantha · Stinking chamomile · Mountain Dog Daisy · Sicilian Chamomile · Anthemis plutonia · Sicilian Chamomile · Woolly Chamomile · Prostrate Chamomile

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthemis glaberrima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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