*Matricaria matricarioides* (Less.) Porter ex Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club. 5: 341. 1894. syn: *Artemisia matricarioides* Less., Linnaea 6: 210. 1831; *Matricaria discoidea* DC.
Common names: Pineapple weed, false chamomile, rayless chamomile Erect or ascending annual herb emitting pineapple like smell when leaves are crushed; leaves alternate up to 5 cm long, 2-pinnatisect with linear up to 2 mm wide ultimate segments; heads discoid, 7-12 mm across, conical, greenish yellow; involucre bracts oblong with broad hyaline margin and obtuse apex; florets tubular, 5-lobed; achene with a white corona. Common in Kashmir along roadsides and wastelands, leaves resembling Anthemis cotula. -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
