Is my quest of finding Chamomile growing near my home over? :D (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Sal@mander.xyz to c/plantid@mander.xyz

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Country: The Netherlands

Maybe chamomile

If it is indeed Chamomile I'd like to harvest some of it for making a few teas. I also don't want to ruin the fun for others and I want to contribute to more of it growing in that area next year. So if anyone has some tips on responsible harvesting chamomile from a public space, I'd love to hear them. It doesn't look to me like it was put there on purpose, as it is growing in by a small park but between many other bushes.

Also, I just read that harvesting a flower from a public space is technically theft or poaching according to Dutch law (Art. 314). If the Royal Family owns the land it would be a felony according to someone in Quora, but I could not source that. However, it appears that responsible harvesting small amounts for own use is tolerated in practice if one is not abusing 😅

EDIT: Found a good video about harvesting Chamomile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci1vPMh2fVM

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[-] bot@mander.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Automatic identification via PlantNet summary

Most likely match: Chamaemelum fuscatum (Brot.) Vasc.

Common name	Scientific name	Likeliness
Chamomile	Chamaemelum fuscatum	32.74 %
Hungarian chamomile	Matricaria chamomilla	14.63 %
Scentless Mayweed	Tripleurospermum inodorum	12.13 %
/	Matricaria aurea	8.34 %
Sea Mayweed	Tripleurospermum maritimum	6.13 %

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[-] Sal@mander.xyz 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hmmm, I vote for Matricaria chamomilla!

EDIT: I passed the other photos through PlantNet, and PlantNet agrees with me. I thought that the frame I chose for the post would be the best for identifying because it shows the leaves better. But now I have one suspicion: Most of the photos of Matricaria chamomilla that you can find by searching for images online feature the flowers, while photos of Chamaemelum fuscatum are taken with a similar framing to my input photo to showcase its dark stem. So maybe this bias in the framing of the photos present in the training set contributed to this miss-id. Just a thought.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

When being am amateur botanist requires working knowledge of IA inner workings.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Noope, I'm pretty sure they are Tripleurospermum inodorum now 😭

[-] haris@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I am definetly not an expert, but it does look like Chamomile to me. A good test to make sure is to squeeze the flower between your fingers while you smell it. Chamomile has a very characteristic smell, and should be easy to recognise.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I was surprised by their lack of smell, but I thought that the smell of the fresh flower might be subtle...

Eventually I figured out the disappointing fact that the scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum) looks a lot like German Chamomile, and it is most likely what I have here 😭 So the quest continues... At least I know how to identify the real one now.

[-] blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I was going to suggest that you should know from the smell just by being near it.

[-] johnnycashsguitar@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Looks like some type of chamomile...

You should be fine harvesting the plant. Nobody's gonna care about something as small as that.

If harvesting the plant, bring some scissors and cut off the top third of the plant, leaving ample leaves at the bottoms for the plant to regenerate. Don't pull it up by the roots unless you're going to transplant it.

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