Blue lotus and chamomile as a blend

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What blue lotus is

Blue lotus is the common English name for Nymphaea caerulea, a water lily native to the Nile and to parts of eastern Africa. Despite the name it is not a lotus: true lotuses belong to the genus Nelumbo, in a separate family altogether. The plant appears widely in ancient Egyptian wall painting and funerary art, which is where most of its modern name recognition comes from. It is sold today mainly as dried flowers and petals.

What chamomile is

Chamomile is the common name for two different plants in the daisy family: Matricaria chamomilla, usually called German chamomile, and Chamaemelum nobile, Roman chamomile. They are distinct species with distinct growing habits, and they are not interchangeable as botanical subjects, although both are sold as dried flower heads. By volume, chamomile is among the most widely traded herbal infusions in the world.

What a blend means here

A blend, in the sense this page uses the word, is two dried botanicals sold or stored together. The term describes how a product is composed. It describes nothing about an outcome, and this page covers only what the two plants are.

What this page leaves out

Nothing here is health information, and none of it should be treated as guidance about consuming either plant, alone or together. This site holds no measurement and no authorised source it could honestly draw on for that, and writing one anyway would be worse than leaving the gap visible. Anyone with a question of that kind should put it to a qualified professional.