Chamaemelum nobile (L.) All.

Sweetly aromatic, creeping, perennial herb. Stems decumbent to ascending, to c. 20 cm tall, striate, moderately to densely hairy, much-branched from base. Basal and lower cauline lvs apetiolate, obovate, sparsely to moderately hairy, 3-pinnatisect, 15–50 × 5–15 mm; ultimate segments narrow-linear to subulate, entire, not all in one plane giving a feathery appearance; cauline lvs few, smaller than basal, oblong and becoming 1-pinnatisect. Involucral bracts sparsely hairy, 2–5 mm long; margins pale, membranous, often with an extended membranous flap at apex. Capitula solitary, c. 8–20–(30) mm diam.; ray florets 13–20, ♀; ligules white; disc florets numerous, yellow. Receptacle scales elliptic-oblong, obtuse and often irregular at apex. Achenes 1.1–1.2 mm long, narrow-obovoid, narrowed to apex, brown, with 1–4 narrow ribs on inner surface.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Dec.–Apr.