Pineappleweed - Matricaria discoidea

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Alternative names
Pineapple Mayweed
Description

Low to short hairless plant, pineapple scented when crushed. Stems well branched, erect, leaves feathery. Flowerheads yellowish green, rayless 5 to 8 mm with a conical disk, solitary on short stalks.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

Cultivated and disturbed ground, pathways and verges.

When to see it

May to November.

Life History

Annual.

UK Status

Common throughout Britain.

VC55 Status

Very common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 597 of the 617 tetrads.

  • David Nicholls
    Croft Pasture
    09 May 2014
  • HAPeacock
    Gilroes Cemetery
    19 June 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    15 September 2014
  • David Nicholls
    Burroughs Lane, Ratby
    13 May 2011
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    29 June 2007
  • Barbara Cooper
    Clawson Hill
    28 May 2012

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Pineapple Weed, Pineappleweed
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Records on NatureSpot:
278
First record:
10/05/2006 (Calow, Graham)
Last record:
10/12/2023 (axon, kaye)

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  • Paul Ruddoch
    Melton Mowbray Country Park
    28 June 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    26 May 2014
  • Graham Calow
    Croft Pasture
    09 May 2014
  • HAPeacock
    Gilroes Cemetery Extension
    19 June 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Long Clawson
    21 June 2012
  • Barbara Cooper
    Holwell
    03 July 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    10 May 2006
  • David Nicholls
    Bagworth Heath
    19 May 2011
  • Alan Semper
    Harby roadside verge
    21 May 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Frolesworth
    11 May 2015
  • David Gould
    near Narborough Road South, Leicester
    13 September 2014
  • David Gould
    Aylestone Playing Fields, Leicester.
    04 September 2014
  • David Gould
    Aylestone Playing Fields, Leicester.
    04 September 2014
  • Ruth Dring
    Coventry Road
    06 August 2013
  • Craig Mabbett
    clump hill bridge broughton astley
    09 August 2014
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields, Aylestone, Leicester
    18 July 2015
  • Graham Calow
    Cambridge Road, Cosby
    15 May 2016
  • AJ Cann
    Sence Valley Forest Park
    27 June 2015
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields, Aylestone, Leicester
    05 July 2015
  • David Gould
    The Spearwort Fields, Aylestone, Leicester
    12 June 2016