Is this a weed?

9 years ago

A friend told me it looks like chamomile and whilst it does I don't think it is?
It's tiny - the flowers look like dried flowers and it never gets any bigger.
It grows wild in my garden but wanted to check it wasn't something other than a weed!
Thanks!!!

Comments (5)

signet_gw(6b)
9 years ago
It is not chamomile ! At least not like any I have grown . Wish I could help with an id .....
Signet
Deeby
9 years ago
It may be Roman chamomile. Roman is kind of rubbery feeling and weedy.
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tan235
Original Author
9 years ago
It doesn't ever get as pretty as Roman Chamomile! It doesn't ever 'flower' .... it just has this dull dry looking flower that never becomes a daisy or anything?
So bizarre, I might just weed it out I guess?
It doesn't smell either.
tan235
Original Author
9 years ago
I think i found it, Pineapple weed!
If it's not it it's very close, the flowers don't look as 'developed' as this and I don't think it grows quite as well as this says it's suppose to and there is not pineapple smell, but close - does this help?
missingtheobvious
9 years ago
The second photo is certainly Matricaria discoidea, pineapple weed, but your first photo doesn't look like it.

Pineapple weed is much more upright, with stronger and thicker stems than yours. The smell is quite strong (though not the same as pineapple).

The OP seems to be in NZ.