Scentless Mayweed
On Ham stone spoil, Ham Hill, Somerset
Group of flowers
Single flowerhead
3-pinnate, bristle-tipped leaves
Stems and leaves
By Lancaster canal in November
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Asteraceae
April to November
It is found throughout the country except for parts of the
Northwest.
See the BSBI distribution map for Scentless Mayweed
It grows on arable fields as a weed, on bare waste
ground and spoil heaps, and by roads.
It is an archaeophyte which has been in the UK since he
Bronze age.
Scentless Mayweed is an annual herb growing up
to 60cm.
It has white, daisy-like flowerheads up to 45mm across.
The bracts have distinct brown margins,
Leaves are 2 to 3 pinnate, threadlike and with a terminal
bristle.
They very from dark green to yellowish green.
Stems are quite tough and darken as they age.
Until 1969 it was classified as the same species as
Sea Mayweed (T. maritimum)
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On Ham stone spoil, Ham Hill, Somerset
Group of flowers
Single flowerhead
3-pinnate, bristle-tipped leaves
Stems and leaves
By Lancaster canal in November
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