Pronunciation: ma-tri-KARE-ee-a ma-tri-kare-ee-OH-i-
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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) matricarioides
Formerly Chamomilla suaveolens