Scientific Name: Matricaria discoidea
Common Name: pineapple weed
Family Name: Asteraceae
Origin: North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (true), Weed (horticultural)
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading, Upright
Form: Irregular
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Herb
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media:
Leaves: Dissected, Compound, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Tripinnate, Oblong, Incised
Flowers: Head (capitulum), Yellow, Green-yellow, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Achene, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Flower heads cone-shaped, composed of dense-packed yellowish-green corollas, and lacking ray-florets, have a chamomile/pineapple aroma when crushed.