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Scentless Chamomile/Stinking Mayweed
Matricaria maritima L.
Anthemis cotula L.
Summer or Winter Annual
or Short Lived Perennial

Reproducing by seed

Cotyledons
Scentless: small, rounded
Stinking: club-shaped

Roots
Fibrous taproot

Stems
Erect
Branched from middle up
Scentless: smooth
Stinking: finely hairy

True Leaves
Alternate
Finely divided, carrot-like

Flowers
Resemble daisies

Habitat
Grain and forage fields,
waste areas

Note
Stinking mayweed has an odour when crushed

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Stinking Mayweed 1

Stinking Mayweed 2

Stinking Mayweed 3

  Last Update: May 1, 2007