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Scentless Mayweed

Tripleurospermum inodorum

Please keep in mind that it is illegal to uproot a plant without the landowner's consent and care should be taken at all times not to damage wild plants. Wild plants should never be picked for pleasure and some plants are protected by law.

Plant Data

Order:

Asterales

Family:

Asteraceae (Daisy)

Type:

Flower

Flowering Months:

JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC

Flower:

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White, many petals

 

Daisy-like flowers, larger than Scented Mayweed, up to 4.5cm, also having greenish-white but brown-edged sepal like bracts. No hole inside the flowerhead.

Fruit:

Flattish, ridged achene (seed).

Leaves:

2 to 3-pinnate, hairless, feathery, bristle-tipped leaflets.

Maximum Size:

60 centimetres tall

Aroma:

Not scented, unlike the Scented Mayweed.

Other Names:

Baldr's Brow, False Chamomile, Mayweed, Scentless Chamomile, Scentless False Mayweed, Wild Chamomile.

Frequency (UK):

Common  

Habitats:

Farmland, gardens, lawns, roadsides, wasteland.

Similar Species:

Scented Mayweed