Flowers. Outside Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Wild. 2011-07-13.

Flowering plants: Tripleurospermum perforatum (larger), Matricaria recutita (smaller). Outside Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Wild. 2011-07-13.

Flowering plants: Tripleurospermum perforatum (larger), Matricaria recutita (smaller). Outside Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Wild. 2011-07-13.

Flowers. Matricaria recutita (white-fringed flowers) and Matricaria matricarioides (green flowers). Outside Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Wild. 2011-07-13.

Flowering plants: Matricaria recutita (white-fringed flowers) and Matricaria matricarioides (green flowers). Outside Bergianska trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden. Wild. 2011-07-13.

Flowering tops. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-06-24.

Flowers. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-06-24.

Flowers. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-06-24.

Flowers. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-06-14.

Flowers. Botanical garden Kumpula, Helsinki, Finland. Planted. 2010-06-14.

Chamomile needs to be dried on cloth or similar, as the strongest part of the flower, the yellow bit, tends to fall to pieces - you can hang it up in bundles, but you'll lose much of the strength of it. The herb is of course dried in a shady spot indoors. Annala, Helsinki, Finland. Picked. 2005-07-06.

Flowers. Nunobiki herb garden, Kobe, Japan. Planted. 2001-05-06.

Flowering plants. I don't know what they feed these plants, but they're huge. They're even bigger than the Tripleurospermums we have over here, and that's saying something. Nunobiki herb garden, Kobe, Japan. Planted. 2001-05-06.

Flowering stand, with one flower opened up so you can see it's hollow inside. Bromarv, Finland. Planted. 1997-07-01.

Flowers. Another chamomile is Roman chamomile, Anthemis nobilis. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 1995-07-01.

Flowering plant. Helsinki, Finland. Wild. 1995-07-01.