There are a huge number of species (2000) of only large daisies. Many people are used to presenting them with white flowers with a yellow middle. And this is not entirely true.
Many grow daisies in the garden. Their species are limited to two or three. However, among the above number of species, there are many diverse shades of daisies, similar in structure and reproduction, similar in planting and care. For many, they may seem far from the usual colors. But these are the real camomiles.
Chamomile: types
About 40 species of daisies are common in Eurasia, in the Americas. In Russian latitudes, quite often you can see a chamomile pharmacy and odorous. The same name has certain types of feverfew, nyvnyak, navel and chamomile (odorless chamomile).
Almost everywhere you can find odorless chamomile, completely odorless. Pharmacy chamomile is very similar to it. However, they have differences.
Among the flowers growing in nature, there are annual and perennial daisies. Their types are the most diverse. Consider the most interesting of the types of daisies common in many countries.
Echinacea purpurea, which has bright petals surrounded by a yellow-brown conical center, is one of the most growth species. The flower stalk is decorated with white hairs and dark green leaves. This flower is interesting in that its central cone is actually tiny flowers, and the bright petals are leaves. Wild Echinacea grows in abundance in eastern North America.
Gerberas, in comparison with other types of daisies, are very fragile and rather capricious plants. Due to their diversity, they look great in flower beds and bouquets. This type of daisy comes from Madagascar, South Africa and Asia.
Popular chrysanthemum large-flowered, in comparison with other species, does not occur in the wild. This species is a hybrid daisy created by Luther Burbank in California, so the Americans themselves usually call it Shasta daisy.
Chamomile officinalis
There is medicinal chamomile in nature. Types of pharmacy chamomiles differ from ordinary chamomiles. Pharmacy chamomile has good medicinal properties. This is a herbaceous annual plant, whose height is 40 cm. In chamomile, the rod has a slightly branched root system. Stem highly branched bare, alternate sessile leaves, twice dissected into pointed lobes.
Pharmacy chamomile (all species) has a pleasant smell and a bitter taste. This plant is unpretentious and does not require maintenance, therefore it is distributed in the wild.
Differences of medicinal chamomile from odorless
White flowers of a pharmaceutical chamomile coming out of a flower basket are two times shorter than that of an ordinary odorless one. The leaves of the pharmacy are different in that they are pinnate. Exactly the same leaves of another chamomile - odorous. Only white flowers with long tongues, like odorless, this flower is missing.
The smell of odorous chamomile, like the medicinal one, is also quite strong. Both of them have valuable medicinal properties. Medicinal chamomiles - annual flowers. If you collect all the daisies in one place before their seeds ripen, then next year there may not be daisies in that place. Chamomile odorless, unlike medicinal species, the plant is perennial.
