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Scentless Mayweed, Tripleurospermum inodorum, Meá drua
Photographs: Co. Cork

Scentless Mayweed
Tripleurospermum inodorum
Meá drua
Family: Asteraceae

Flowering time: July - September. Annual or perennial. Native.

White daisy-like flowers with yellow centres and a dome-shaped eceptacle. The pinnate thread-like leaves are often bristle-tipped but not succulent. A non-scented erect or ascending hairless plant, to 60cm

Common on arable land, waste ground and roadsides.

Similar: Scented Mayweed has aromatic leaves and Sea Mayweed has leaves with succulent finely-cut leaflets.

Scentless Mayweed, Tripleurospermum inodorum, Meá drua

Scentless Mayweed, Tripleurospermum inodorum, Meá drua
Scentless Mayweed, Tripleurospermum inodorum, Meá drua

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