PINEAPPLE WEED
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Matricaria matricarioides (Less. ) Porter
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| Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| Annual |
| Height: 2-16 inches |
| Family: Asteraceae - Sunflower Family |
| Flowering Period: May, June, July, August |
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| Stems: | | Erect or ascending, much-branched below, glabrous. |
| Leaves: | | Alternate, short-stalked, 1/2 to 2 inches long, to 3/4 inch wide, 1-3 times pinnately divided into segments that are usually short-linear. |
| Inflorescences: | | Heads, numerous, in corymb-like clusters, terminal head occasionally more prominent; heads cone-shaped, less than 1/2 inch wide; bracts in 2-3 series; margins thin, papery. |
| Flowers: | | Ray florets absent; disk florets yellow to greenish yellow, corollas 4-lobed. |
| Fruits: | | Achenes, ribbed, tipped with short crown or pappus obscure, enclosing small seed. |
| Habitat: | | Waste areas, lawns, gardens, and roadsides. |
| Distribution: | | Principally east 1/2 of Kansas. |
| Origin: | | Introduced |
| Forage Value: | | Livestock generally will not graze pineapple weed. |
| Uses: | | A number of Native American tribes took a tea brewed from the plant and flowers to treat diarrhea and stomach pains and some used the dried blossoms for perfume and as an insect repellent. |
| Comments: | | This weedy species has a faint pineapple scent when bruised. |
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| | Pineapple weed leaves |  | | 130 KB | | Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
| | Pineapple weed inflorescences |  | | 68 KB | | Pottawatomie County, Kansas |
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