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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tripleurospermum inodorum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tripleurospermum perforatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Tripleurospermum inodorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Tripleurospermum maritimum ssp. inodorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Tripleurospermum inodorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Tripleurospermum perforata

INCLUDED WITHIN Great Plains Flora Association (1986)

Matricaria maritima

 

COMMON NAME:
Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed


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image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen    wik_t_inodorum_kohlers178

        

An illustration from Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1897, in the public domain.

image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Caleb Slemmons, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Bugwood.org    bug_5422896

Month Unknown        

image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Caleb Slemmons, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Bugwood.org    bug_5422900

Month Unknown        

Heads (1)10-200+, in corymbiform arrays of solitary heads at branch ends, per Flora of North America.

image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5438308

Month Unknown        

Heads 3-4.5cm in diameter, with 10-25 ray florets, per Flora of North America.

image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5438315

Month Unknown        

image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5438318

Month Unknown        

Leaf blades 2-8cm, ultimate lobes filiform, 4-20mm, not fleshy, per Flora of North America.

image of Tripleurospermum inodorum, Scentless Chamomile, False Chamomile, Mayweed

Bruce Ackley, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org    bug_5438327

Month Unknown        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Tripleurospermum inodorum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Tripleurospermum perforatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Tripleurospermum inodorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Tripleurospermum maritimum ssp. inodorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Tripleurospermum inodorum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Tripleurospermum perforata

INCLUDED WITHIN Great Plains Flora Association (1986)
Matricaria maritima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2519

Forb
Annual

Habitat: Disturbed areas, railroad tracks, streets, urban waste areas, also as a ballast waif, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: White
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall

 

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