PINEAPPLEWEED

Class: Chamomilla, Matricaria suaveolens, matricarioides

Family: ASTER FAMILY

Sub Family: Asteraceae, Compositae

Year: Annual

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Colour: Greenish-yellow

Height: 5-46 cm (2-18")

Each Flower: Round, cone-shaped, from 5-9 mm (3/16-3/8") across consisting of many tiny, tightly packed disk-flowers; bracts on involucre generally in 2 rows and about 5 mm (3/16") long with darker green central rib; flower-stems from 1.3 mm-2.5 cm (1/2-1") long with usually fringed leaflet below flowerheads

Leaves: On stem where it branches and up to 5 cm (2") long with several pairs of opposite finely-dissected leaflets

Stems: Tough, green, ridged, and angling as it branches

Blooming Period: May - September

Habitat: Waste places and poor ground on roadsides

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