Abstract The essential oils from flower heads and disc florets of wild Chamomilla recutita (L.) Rausch., collected in Attica (Greece), were obtained by hydrodistillation. With the use of GC and GC/MS, 21 components were identified in both oils. The major constituents, were (E)-Î²-farnesene (21.2% and 5.6%) and bisabolone oxide A (16.0% and 9.0%) in the oils of the flower heads and disc florets, respectively.