Anthemis cotula
(Mayweed chamomile)
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Matricaria matricarioidies
(Pineapple weed)
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Other common names include: stinkweed, dog fennel,
dill weed, stinking daisy, white stinkweed, ad infinitum.
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When plants are small, MC and pineapple
weed look very similar. The best way to distinguish one from the other
is to crush the stems and smell.
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Pineapple weed looks very similar to
MC at a young age.
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Flower heads have white,
petal-like ray flowers.
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Flower-heads lack the white petal-like
ray flowers seen on MC.
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Stems are pubescent, though this is
not always immediately obvious. What is more obvious is the malodorous
smell of the crushed stems.
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Stems are glabrous (hairless). Stems
and leaves have a sweet pineapple like scent when crushed.
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Habit for MC is bushy,
up to 18 inches tall and wide.
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Pineapple weed usually grows up to
8 inches tall, but much wider.
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Foliage is deeply dissected.
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Just like MC, leaves are deeply dissected
and clasp the stem from which they arise.
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More
photos of this weed.
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More photos
of this weed.
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