Scented Mayweed - Matricaria chamomilla
Alt Name
Matricaria recutita
Description
A short to medium aromatic plant. Stems ascending to erect, branched. Leaves alternate feathery. Flowerheads white, with a yellow, conical hollow disk 10 to 25 mm solitary on long stalks, rays soon downturned after the flower opens.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Cultivated land, especially arable fields, waste and disturbed ground.
When to see it
July and August.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Common throughout England except the South West, scarcer elsewhere in Britain.
VC55 Status
Quite common in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 291 of the 617 tetrads.
John HayesWoodgate site, Burbage05 July 2014
Graham CalowNear High Cross09 June 2016 Between Old Fosse and Ramsdale Farm Sapcote SP 4976 9234 (taken 7.6.2006)..JPG)
Graham CalowSapcote07 June 2006
David NichollsCossington11 October 2011
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension19 June 2012
 Between Old Fosse and Ramsdale Farm Sapcote SP 4976 9234 (taken 7.6.2006)..JPG)
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David NichollsFosse Meadows08 July 2011
David NichollsRatby24 May 2014
Graham CalowSapcote26 May 2014
Ron.stevensBroughton Astley24 June 2011
David NichollsCroft Hill29 September 2011
Graham CalowNear High Cross09 June 2016
HAPeacockGilroes Cemetery Extension19 June 2012
Graham CalowSapcote09 June 2013
