Pronunciation: ma-tri-KARE-ee-a dis-KOY-dee-a
Common name: Pineapple weed
Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Habitat: Common weed in most disturbed places
throughout California, footpaths, roadsides, grazed
land, native to northwest N. America, northeast Asia
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Matricaria
2) discoidea
Formerly Chamomilla suaveolens, Matricaria matricarioides