Camomile

Camomile

The Camomile concerns to the family of long-term grassy plants. One of the most known Camomiles is Leucanthemum with large white-yellow inflorescences, in the centre of this flower surrounded with snow-white thin petals, towers yellow "navel". Its Greek name is Leucanthemum (a white flower) occurs from words "leukos" — white and "anthemon" — a flower. It has been given to the flower because of colouring regional language flowers in its inflorescence.

It's difficult to find the person on the Earth unfamiliar with this flower. Breaking its petals not one generation of girls told:« Loves, doesn't love, to heart will press … » well and so on, you know, about what there is told then.

Now scientists says that there are more than 350 kinds of Camomiles.

In Ancient Egypt the flower of Camomile has been devoted to the God of the Sun "Ra". Already then were known its medicinal properties with which the nature has allocated this modest, but such lovely and pleasant flower.




See also Types of Flowers