Scentless Mayweed
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Scentless Mayweed.
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Local Names: 		Tripleurospermum inodorum.
Asterales.
Asteraceae.
Annual or Perennial.
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 Likes waste and cultivated land.
July-September.
15 - 60 cm.
The name "Mayweed" derives from the medieaval word for maiden, as this plant was once used to treat female illnesses. It's scientific name too is quite female. Matricia is from the Latin matrix meaning "womb". Maritima refers to the sea since the original species of the plant identified was found on the coast.