Pineapple weed!

[ThreeFires]

I don't post here much, feel a bit out of place, but i found this plant and wanted to share it. Also, I'm curious if you folks over here have this plant or something similar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAYV4T6flqQ

 

[Toddy]

Rayless mayweed, pineapple weed, does indeed grow here.
It's an introduced species, late 1800's, and is considered a weed.
Plants for a future has a fairly good description of it.
I quite like it but it's a nuisance among crops. Nice tea though and it's a mild de worming action, and insects don't seem to like the smell. Camping on top of it seems to keep them away

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/organicweeds/weed_information/weed.php?id=68

http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Matricaria%20matricarioides

I would remind folks that this plant does cause allergic reaction in some individuals; please check carefully before you swallow a pint mug of tea

cheers,
Toddy

 

[ThreeFires]

Thanks Toddy, pfaf is a great resource.

 

[Paul_B]

It has a nice smell doesn't it if you pick a bunch of it. Grows around and perhaps in the middle of crops, fields of hay etc. Also waste ground. In fact it can be quite a pernicious little weed sometimes, trust me I've cleared enough of it out of parent's and grandparents gardens in my time. Slave labour and all that.

 

[ThreeFires]

It does smell good. I can smell it just walking by the car now. Every time I smell it my mouth waters and I want to pick some more, but it's just a small patch.